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How to add Windows entry into GRUB menu?
I didn't know where to post this, so I posted it here.
I am new to Linux so I decided to try it. I installed Debian at my first partition, and I have WinXP on the second one. I chosed GRUB as my bootloader. My problem is that I can't boot into Windows anymore. Is there a way to configure GRUB so I can see Windows on the list?
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Aug 25th, 2006, 7:56 AM
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Make sure you have the bootable flag set on the Windows Partition.
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Aug 25th, 2006, 11:32 AM
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As I said, I am completely new to unix, could you please explain how to do that?
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Aug 25th, 2006, 11:54 AM
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Thanks, I will try that when I go home...
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Aug 25th, 2006, 12:41 PM
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edit your grub config file (I'm not sure where it is on Debian, but it seems to be /boot/grub/menu.lst~ on Ubuntu) and add the following:
title=Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,1) # you might have to change this, but it's set for /dev/hda2 makeactive chainloader +1 |
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Aug 25th, 2006, 1:10 PM
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if you read the docs for grub it tells you.
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I tried editing my conf file and when I try to boot, it freezes.
XP installation is on hd0,4 and I tried everything... 
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Aug 27th, 2006, 3:00 PM
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What freezes? Windows or GRUB? Are there any errors printed?
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did you re-run the grub install? # grub-install /dev/hda assuming that /dev/hda is your main harddrive |
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Aug 27th, 2006, 3:29 PM
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Did Windows ever work after you installed Debian? And did you install Windows on an extended partition? (I couldn't get it to...)
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