[svlug] Pesky Windows via GRUB

[Peter Ridge]

Rick Schultz on 03/24/2004 09:38 AM wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 06:07:00PM -0800, Peter Ridge wrote:
> 
>>Windoze1: Win2k boot loader appears, select Win98, boot starts, Win98 
>>logo appears, then error: "Invalid media type reading drive D. Abort, 
>>Retry, Fail?"
> 
> 
> This sounds sort of like the problem here:
> http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2001-07/msg00085.html
> and here:
> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=486
> 
> Basically, it seems sometimes when booting windows off the second drive
> with GRUB, subsequent partitions aren't read correctly.  Both reports
> indicate LILO worked correctly.  I would suggest trying to boot windows
> off hdb1 with a LILO boot floppy to see if this is, in fact, the
> problem.  The first URL has a sample configuration entry.

This is exactly the problem. Windows is on the first partition of the 
second drive and, as a result, it cannot find its other partitions also 
on the second drive when using Grub as the bootloader. LILO worked 
before in this configuration so it looks like I'll have to try LILO on a 
floppy, as you suggested, to see if it'll work these days as well.

Thanks,

Peter