[SOLVED]Windows dual boot

Question

Here's my fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x495d01ab
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 3060 24579418+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3061 4365 10482412+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 4366 16832 100141177+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 16833 19457 21085312+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 16833 18137 10482381 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 18138 18790 5245191 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 18791 19312 4192933+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 19313 19326 112423+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 19327 19457 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris
and here's my menu.lst
# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
# Linux Grub
# /dev/fd0 (fd0)
# /dev/hda (hd0)
# /dev/hdb2 (hd1,1)
# /dev/hda3 (hd0,2)
# FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ----+--------------------------------------------
# 256 | 0x301=769 0x303=771 0x305=773 0x307=775
# 32K | 0x310=784 0x313=787 0x316=790 0x319=793
# 64K | 0x311=785 0x314=788 0x317=791 0x31A=794
# 16M | 0x312=786 0x315=789 0x318=792 0x31B=795
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# general configuration:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/e20fd940-03ae-48c4-a666-790e9be9e5d5 ro vga=792
initrd /kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/e20fd940-03ae-48c4-a666-790e9be9e5d5 ro vga=792
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img
# (2) Windows Vista
title Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
Yet when I select Vista from the grub, all I get is an error saying that my windows boot manager needs to be fixed and I should put in my Windows CD etc....
I want the grub to be in the MBR...I just need to be able to access the Windows OS as well. Is there something wrong in my menu.lst file ?
Last edited by Inxsible (2009-02-13 07:33:36)

Answer 1

Funny, I  have an HP Laptop that dual-boots Vista and Arch x86_64. I don't seem to recall having a problem. I installed Vista first (system restore disk <yech!>), then used gparted to resize the Vista partition, then did a standard Arch install.
# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
default 0
timeout 30
color light-gray/black light-gray/blue
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/fbece3b5-a239-4f40-91b6-d82986108e2d ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/fbece3b5-a239-4f40-91b6-d82986108e2d ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
title Windows
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
makeactive
# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9c5a55bb
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 6374 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 18396 19457 8522752 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 6375 18395 96558682+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 6375 6501 1020096 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 6502 9051 20482843+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 9052 18395 75055648+ 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
I'd be happy to send you any parts of my laptop configuration that might help.
Last edited by airman99 (2008-12-24 14:19:52)