Booting into Windows XP

[NormL]

I have Red Hat Linux 8 and Windows XP Pro installed and can boot into Linux fine (Which is what I want !)

But id like to be able to add the option to Grub of booting into XP (How bad Window is I still need to use it sometimes)

If anyone can tell me how to add this to Grub I would be most happy

Thanks NormL

[mdwatts]

Add

title = Windows XP Professional
root = (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

to your grub config.

Some distros use /boot/grub/menu.lst while some like Redhat I believe use /boot/grub/grub.conf or /etc/grub.conf.

hd0,0 is the first partition on the primary/master drive.

hd1 - primary/slave

,1 - second partition
,2 - third partition

[DMR]

If your XP installation is not on the first Primary partition of the Primary Master drive(hd0,0), you might have to do some drive-mapping to fool Windows into thinking that it is on the first primary partition.

The Linux+Win9x+Grub HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+Win9x+Grub-HOWTO/proc.html) has a bit more information on the subject.

[NormL]

Thanks all sorted now

[DMR]

:)