Re: [Bug-grub] XP+RH9 help

[Jason Thomas]

On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 01:16:40AM -0400, Davis wrote:
>       kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=/dev/hdb1=/ hdc=ide-scsi

the line above looks wrong.  what is  "root=/dev/hdb1=/"  this should
not have the last "=/"

does "dd" accept "od"? I thought it was "of"?

If you just want to make a boot floppy:

cat /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 > /dev/fd0

OR

grub-install /dev/fd0

> I've even done the dd if=/dev/hdb1 od=/mnt/floppy bs=512 count=1 thing. When 
> i select "Linux" from my Win XP load menu, all I get is GRUB _ and it hangs, 
> forever accessing the hard-drive. 

I don't think grub can be "chainloaded" from Win XP without a patch. Why
not just install grub in the MBR and use it to load XP, you already have
a menu entry for XP.