Re: Problems with Grub and booting to WinXP

[adrian15]

iamfaithful escribió:
> Okay, my setup is very confusing.  I have 4 hard drives in this PC.  I
> originally had WinXP on 2x WD Raptors (SATA 10k rpm) that were Sil Stripe
> Raided.  I was getting low on space so I bought a 250 Gig EIDE and put it in
> a mobil rack thinking I could make this my Linux play drive and use the
> extra space for storage.   Well I was wrong.  Back then, Linux wasnt even
> recognizing the Raided drives.  So at some point I gave up and I purchsed
> another SATA 10k RPM drive and installed WinXP on that drive.  This fixed my
> space issue temporarily but now Im out of space again.   So right now
> Windows XP is on a single 74 gig SATA Drive... I also have the 2x 74 Gig
> SATA drives that are raided used for storage and a 250 gig EIDE in a mobil
> rack.  I can boot to Windows if I pull the 250 gig, but if that drive is in
> I cant get to windows. I have tried changing grub over and over again
> without any luck.  The windows drive is sda, the old raid set is sdb and
> sdc, and FC5 is loading on root (hd0,6).   Anyone who can help me I would
> greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks
>
> I can be reached best by Email at address@hidden

You should take a look at the map commands and search in google how to
boot windows from a second or third hard disk with grub.

Meanwhile you can also try the Windows boot options from Super Grub Disk
( http://www.geocities.com/supergrubdisk )

adrian15