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w1av

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Posted: Nov. 04 2005,11:27

Hello....I am having trouble with my DSL installation. I partitioned the HDD as follows:

hda1:win98 se
hda2:DSL
hda3:swap
hda4:vfat

I installed WIN98 first on hda1. Then proceeded to install DSL using the "install to hard drive" option from menu on hda2. I remember it asking me if I had Windows on hda1, and I typed in yes. But when installation was through, and I re booted, there was no Win98 choice in GRUB Boot screen!
I have never dual-booted with win98 and DSL before. I do have 2 computers that dual boot WINxp and Kanotix.
I was expecting GRUB to recognize my Windows partition and offer it as a choice but for some reason it didnt.
I would like to ask if some one could advise me step by step how to edit my menu.lst file at the bottom so I can dual boot properly. The computer is a DELL optiplex GX1 with 128MB ram...thats why I put these 2 small systems on it.
Thanks!

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Posted: Nov. 04 2005,18:49

Edit menu.lst which should reside at /cdrom/boot/grub as root.

regards,
killerhippy

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Posted: Nov. 04 2005,21:18

Actually, you need to open a terminal window and type "sudo beaver /boot/grub/menu.lst" (without the quotes). This will open a text editor which will allow you to edit your menu.lst file. At the end of the file add the code:

Code Sample

title Windows
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
makeactive
boot

If all goes well, you should be able to load windows.

Good Luck,

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