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Rick Masters |
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Documentation: DOS/Windows |
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Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:58:44 -0800 |
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Pardon if this isn't the right email alias.
First, thanks for a great program. I am using it for booting readhat 9
and windows xp.
I am writing to suggest a clarification in the documentation.
In the "Some caveats on OS-specific issues" subsection "DOS/Windows",
there is an example of mapping hd0 to hd1 and visa versa for booting
Windows on a non-first drive. I suggest the following change:
Change:
grub> map (hd0) (hd1)
grub> map (hd1) (hd0)
To:
grub> map (hd0) (hd1)
grub> map (hd1) (hd0)
grub> rootnoverify (hd1,0)
grub> chainloader +1
grub> makeactive
grub> boot
The addition of the four extra lines clarifies exactly how to boot -
specifically that the rootnoverify command still refers to the second
drive as hd1. The reason that is necessary is that the existence of the
map commands combined with the second example in the same section which
uses "rootverify (hd0,0)" conspires to mislead the reader that correct
drive name for the secondary drive has been remapped to "hd0" when
referenced in subsequent "root" commands. I kept trying to use
"rootverify (hd0,0)", mainly based on the commands in the second example
but I just got system lockup. I should have known that the second
example was referring to a scenario where Windows is on the first drive
but it doesn't actually say that. It said "one disk" but I was still
thinking "one secondary disk" and misunderstood the commands. I was able
to find the answer online without too much time spent but if the
documentation included the remaining commands there would be no
ambiguity as to how to boot to the secondary drive.
Thanks again for a great program.
Regards,
Rick
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