windows98 doesn't boot (multiboot)

**Jacob** · 04-20-2005

Hellow people

when i try to boot windows 98 in grub, it just hangs with this at my dsiplay

Code:

Booting 'other'

rootnoverify &#40;hd1,0&#41;
chainloader +1

I am using GRUB as bootloader

when i disconnect my other harddisk (the one with linux) windows 98 just boots fine.. so the problem is the bootloader? i think,,,

I hope you guys can help me with this problem

**Flatline** · 04-20-2005

Could you post the results of

Code:

fdisk -l

so we can make sure you're specifying the right drive? Also Win98 especially doesn't like not being on the first partition of the first drive (your grub.conf entry shows that you're booting it from the first partition on the second drive), so you may have to enter a map parameter in your grub.conf like

Code:

map &#40;hd0,0&#41; &#40;hd1,0&#41;
	map &#40;hd1,0&#41; &#40;hd0,0&#41;

**Jacob** · 04-20-2005

how can i start fdisk if I type it in a shell:
bash: fdisk: command not found

**Flatline** · 04-20-2005

You running Fedora? You may have to fully qualify the command (Fedora doesn't put sbin in your path by default). Try

Code:

/sbin/fdisk -l

**Jacob** · 04-20-2005

allright here is the info:

Disk /dev/hdc: 46.1 GB, 46115758080 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5606 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hdc2 14 5606 44925772+ 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/hdd: 1625 MB, 1625702400 bytes
64 heads, 63 sectors/track, 787 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 = 2064384 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 * 1 787 1586560+ b W95 FAT32

**drakebasher** · 04-20-2005

Will it go if you add "boot" to the script?

Code:

Booting 'other'

rootnoverify &#40;hd1,0&#41;
chainloader +1
boot

**Flatline** · 04-20-2005

Your drives start at /dev/hdc? That's a bit odd...could you post the contents of /boot/grub/device.map? Not sure if that's the right path for Fedora, you may have to search for it with

Code:

find / -name device.map -print

**Jacob** · 04-20-2005

Code:

# this device map was generated by anaconda
&#40;fd0&#41;     /dev/fd0
&#40;hd0&#41;     /dev/hdc
&#40;hd1&#41;     /dev/hdd

**Jacob** · 04-20-2005

Originally Posted by drakebasher

Will it go if you add "boot" to the script?

Code:

Booting 'other'

rootnoverify &#40;hd1,0&#41;
chainloader +1
boot

didn't work

**Flatline** · 04-20-2005

OK, you're pointing it to the right partition. Try modifying its entry with the map stuff I posted earlier, and post the full contents of your /etc/grub.conf file please. Can you still see the contents of that drive from within Fedora?

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