Dual boot

[John Welch]

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 2:16 PM,  <Proviss at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello -
>
> I am trying to set up a Dell Optiplex that will dual boot to CentOS and
> Windows XP. I am using two different SATA drives, one for each OS.
> Initially, I had Windows as the first drive and tried to have the choice
> using "boot.ini". I have since switched the drives and am now trying to have
> the alternative of booting Windows using the Grub loader. When I select the
> Windows option blanks for a second and then comes back to the loader.
>
> The following is the contents of grub.conf:
>
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> # root (hd0,0)
> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> # initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/sda
> default=0
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title CentOS (2.6.18-194.17.1.el5)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb qu
> iet
> initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.17.1.el5.img
> title CentOS (2.6.18-92.el5)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
> initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.el5.img
> title Windows XP
> rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloaded +1
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanx ... Dave
> _______________________________________________

First glance... maybe this is just a typo in your email and your
actual grub.conf is correct, but shouldn't it be "chainloader +1"
instead of "chainloaded +1" ("r" instead of "d")?

John