Adding Windows to GRUB - Overclock.net

Pap3r · 06-30-08

So here's the deal. Now that I am in Linux again, I want windows to show on the GRUB Menu, and here's what I have done.

This is an excerpt form my menu.lst

Code:

title		Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-15-generic
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-15-generic root=UUID=39c66b2d-533a-40fe-adf9-fb22af18b247 ro quiet splash
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-15-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-15-generic (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-15-generic root=UUID=39c66b2d-533a-40fe-adf9-fb22af18b247 ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-15-generic

title		Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=39c66b2d-533a-40fe-adf9-fb22af18b247 ro quiet splash
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=39c66b2d-533a-40fe-adf9-fb22af18b247 ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

title		Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

title		Microsuck Winblowz
root		(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

I have added windows, but when I boot into it, it says something about no execution. This is the output of fdisk -l

Code:

[pap3r][UBox][~]$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for pap3r:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe318e318

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       14023   112639716   83  Linux
/dev/sda2           14024       19082    40636417+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           19083       19457     3012187+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5           19083       19457     3012156   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Obviously I am doing something wrong, as windows doesn't boot, but only shows on the GRUB menu

I'm thinking that it has to do with the (hd0,0)... but I don't know what.

See any errors jumping out?

EDIT

What do the options under where I added Windows title do? I.e., savedefault and makeactive. I know that GRUB boots by default with number assignments, which is set to Linux, and I want it to stay that way. Will savedefault alter that?

ShamrockMan · 06-30-08

Your telling GRUB to boot windows off of the wrong partition.

(hd#,#)
First number is the hard-drive, second is the partition of the hard-drive.

Change the windows line to this, and it should work:

Code:

title		Microsuck Winblowz
root		(hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

Pap3r · 06-30-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShamrockMan

Your telling GRUB to boot windows off of the wrong partition.

(hd#,#)
First number is the hard-drive, second is the partition of the hard-drive.

Change the windows line to this, and it should work:

Code:

title		Microsuck Winblowz
root		(hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

Yeah, I was leaning on that being the error's location. THanks for the clarification!

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