Title: HowTo: Boot up Windows on second hd with Grub
Description: Fixes a dual-boot Grub problem
Version: Final
Linux Version: Affects Grub


I write this post to explain how to solve a problem which occured to me using SuSE 9.2 and 9.3, but that affects the Grub bootmanager, distro-independent.



You have 2 Hard-disks on your machine: the primary disk has Linux installed (e.g SuSE 9.3 Pro) and the secondary one has MS Windows (e.g WinXP Pro); if you select Windows in the bootloader screen, the O.S won't boot up, and an error message similar to the following appears:

(hd 0,1)
Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
chainloader +1

1. Open a filemanager as Superuser (On Suse 9.3: MenuK > System > File managers > SuperUser file manager, or run the command "kdesu konqueror" in KDE).
2. Go to the folder /boot/grub/ and click the file menu.lst
3. The file is opened in a text editor. Select the menu File > Open with > Kate. The file is opened with Kate, which allows you to edit it.
4. Look for the part of the document which regards Windows and replace it with the following:

title Windows
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

5) Save the file and reboot your computer. Now if you select "Windows" in Grub starting screen, Microsoft O.S should boot up without problems.

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