[mythtv-users] Dual Boot?

[Owen Townend]

2008/8/25 Allen Edwards <allen.edwards at oldpaloalto.com>:
> I have my mythfrontend system working on sda but I want to be able to
> add my wife's existing Windows XP HD on sdb as a dual boot option.
> She has an XP machine with the same basic computer.  I have verified
> that Mythbuntu 8.04 is running on a sda and the stand alone Windows XP
> will be on sdb.  I can boot from either one by selecting it in the
> bios setup but obviously that is not a solution.
>
> Best I could figure was to add this to the boot loader:
> title Windows XP
> root (sdb)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> I get the Windows option showing up in GRUB, but I get an error
> message when I select it.
>
> But obviously I don't know what I am doing.
>
> In looking for answers, pretty much people say load Windows first.
> But I already have both loaded and on their own disks, so that doesn't
> help.
>
> This seems like it should be very easy.  I need to get this running
> this week for my wife's birthday on the 27th.
>
> Help on this would be appreciated.  I just can't find much in the
> ubuntu wiki or through google.
>

Very close. Grub uses a different syntax to describe disks.
Instead of sda (first disk), sdb (second disk), sda1 (first disk,
first partition), sda2 (first disk, second partition)
under grub they would be (hd0), (hd1), (hd0,0) (hd0,1)

Hope this helps,
cheers,
Owen.