CrunchBang Linux

Three Calories

New Member

Registered: 2009-03-02

Posts: 7

Dual booting.

Okay, so, when I go into grub, and try to boot into my Windows XP, it tells me that there was an error, any idea why or how to fix it. I've tried a bunch of different things, and none of them work so far.
Also, how do I make it so I can boot into CrunchBang without having to go through Recovery, because when I boot normally, it just loads into a blank black screen and nothing happens.

Jake108

Member

From: Pontiac, MI

Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 46

Re: Dual booting.

I'm not sure about the recovery part. But if you post your partition info and menu.lst I can help with getting into xp.

Three Calories

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Registered: 2009-03-02

Posts: 7

Re: Dual booting.

Okay, I have two separate hard drives, one with Windows XP SP3 and one with Linux.  I'm not sure if that's what you'rel ooking for, if you need something else, please tell me, and my menu.lst is:

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default        0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout        3

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title        Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root        (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader    +1
#
# title        Linux
# root        (hd0,1)
# kernel    /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=4d9c0ef4-9ce3-434c-bcbd-71e3adb10170 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=4d9c0ef4-9ce3-434c-bcbd-71e3adb10170

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
uuid        4d9c0ef4-9ce3-434c-bcbd-71e3adb10170
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=4d9c0ef4-9ce3-434c-bcbd-71e3adb10170 ro quiet splash 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic (recovery mode)
uuid        4d9c0ef4-9ce3-434c-bcbd-71e3adb10170
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=4d9c0ef4-9ce3-434c-bcbd-71e3adb10170 ro  single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic

title        Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid        4d9c0ef4-9ce3-434c-bcbd-71e3adb10170
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
title              Windows XP
root               (hd0,0)
make active
map                (hd0) (hd1)
map                (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader        +1

Three Calories

New Member

Registered: 2009-03-02

Posts: 7

Re: Dual booting.

Can someone please help me with this?

Jake108

Member

From: Pontiac, MI

Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 46

Re: Dual booting.

Is xp on the first partition of your first drive?

Three Calories

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Registered: 2009-03-02

Posts: 7

Re: Dual booting.

No, XP is on my slave drive. I use Linux as my main, but all my music is on my XP HDD, and I would like to be able to retrieve it, also, I do need to use XP, and I do't like having to go through BIOS.

Jake108

Member

From: Pontiac, MI

Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 46

Re: Dual booting.

That might be your problem, if xp is on your slave drive then it would need to be (hd1,0) but in your menu.lst it's listed as (hd0,0) which would be the first drive.