GRUB won't go to windows, but bios will

[CarpeNoctum]

Hello, here is the current state.

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x49701437

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 48631 390627483+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 48632 60300 93731242+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 60301 60801 4024282+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 60301 60801 4024251 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 164.6 GB, 164696555520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20023 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x579818cd

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 20023 160833536 7 HPFS/NTFS


title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sda2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sdb1
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1


When I boot, I can grub into linux, but when I try to boot windows it doesn't work. It shows a screen where it lists the commands:
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
and then starts beeping sporadically.
However, if I change the harddrive boot order in bios I can easily get back into windows by selecting that harddrive for the first slot. However, I don't want to do this everytime I want to switch operating systems. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

[Lostfarmer]

What happens when you select the 2nd Vista title ?
I assume that MS Windows is one sdb1, what is on sda1 ?
What MS Windows are you booting ?

[CarpeNoctum]

The same thing happens when I select the second one. Those were added automatically, but the harddrives were wrong, so I changed them to the right ones. Initially they were listed as root (hd0,0) iirc (it seems like it detected windows wrong).
Yes windows is on sdb1, sda1 is just data, no OS.
It is windows vista.
Thank you for your help.

[Lostfarmer]

The second Vista title look ok to me but try:
title Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

and:
title Windows Vista
root (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

[CarpeNoctum]

Didn't work.
The beeping is high low high low high low (continuously) frequencies.

[Lostfarmer]

Have no idea why it would beep.
Do you have any devices plug into USB,firewire, card reader devices ? If so remove them, to test.
Is it still the same problem from first post or is it different ?
Is it a mix of IDE/Pata and Sata hdds ?
I'm basicly out of ideas.

Mybe try booting to the 2nd hdd MBR vice directly to Vista:
rootnoverify (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

I think above would be correct, have never tried it.