Booting XP after Instaling linux???

pedja_ts · 10-20-2009, 04:42 AM

Hello,

I posted this tread several months ago, and someone helped me and i managed to make it work, but now i can't... I installed PCLinuxOS on drive C:, and my Windows XP is on Drive K:, and now i can't boot XP, how to make it work?

This is my MBR boot file:

timeout 15
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=c5671d95-7d93-4985-a74f-127d16198b14 acpi=on splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=c5671d95-7d93-4985-a74f-127d16198b14 acpi=on
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=c5671d95-7d93-4985-a74f-127d16198b14 failsafe acpi=on
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

And this is what i get when i type this sudo fdisk -l in the Terminal:

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1570 12610993+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 1571 14945 107434687+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1571 1697 1020096 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda6 2608 12813 81979663+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda7 12814 14945 17125258+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda8 1698 2607 7309543+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Someone please help me ASAP!!! :(

**wmorri** · 10-20-2009, 10:31 AM

Hi,

It was this thread that you were having issues with. From that thread, I would recommend that you to add the following to the end of the document.

Code:

title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,5)
makeactive
chainloader +1

See if that works for you. I haven't done a lot with fdisk in a few months but I believe that I have it correct.

Cheers!

pedja_ts · 10-20-2009, 11:27 AM

Nope it's not working it says like this:
Error 12: Invalid device requested.

:(

10-20-2009, 04:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
pedja_ts Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12 OS: Windows XP, PCLinuxOS	Booting XP after Instaling linux??? Hello, I posted this tread several months ago, and someone helped me and i managed to make it work, but now i can't... I installed PCLinuxOS on drive C:, and my Windows XP is on Drive K:, and now i can't boot XP, how to make it work? This is my MBR boot file: timeout 15 color black/cyan yellow/cyan gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu default 0 title linux kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=c5671d95-7d93-4985-a74f-127d16198b14 acpi=on splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title linux-nonfb kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=c5671d95-7d93-4985-a74f-127d16198b14 acpi=on initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img title failsafe kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=c5671d95-7d93-4985-a74f-127d16198b14 failsafe acpi=on initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img And this is what i get when i type this sudo fdisk -l in the Terminal: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1570 12610993+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 1571 14945 107434687+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 1571 1697 1020096 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda6 2608 12813 81979663+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda7 12814 14945 17125258+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda8 1698 2607 7309543+ 7 HPFS/NTFS Someone please help me ASAP!!! :(

10-20-2009, 10:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,827 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Booting XP after Instaling linux??? Hi, It was this thread that you were having issues with. From that thread, I would recommend that you to add the following to the end of the document. Code: title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,5) makeactive chainloader +1 See if that works for you. I haven't done a lot with fdisk in a few months but I believe that I have it correct. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

10-20-2009, 11:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
pedja_ts Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 12 OS: Windows XP, PCLinuxOS	Re: Booting XP after Instaling linux??? Nope it's not working it says like this: Error 12: Invalid device requested. :(