[mythtv-users] Dual Boot? [OT]

[Allen Edwards]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Ian Clark <mrrooster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 2008/8/27 Allen Edwards <allen.edwards at oldpaloalto.com>
>>
>>> OT?
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> The problem I am having is that windows will not hibernate when called
>>> from grub although it hibernates just fine if I change the boot order
>>> in the bios and boot directly to the windows disk.
>>
>>
>> If these are on seperate disks you could add linux to the windows boot
>> menu to solve this?
>>
>> Under linux:
>>
>> # dd if=/dev/hda of=linux.bin bs=512 count=1
>>
>> (replace /dev/hda with your apropriate HD, prob /dev/sda if I've read the
>> above correctly.)
>>
>> copy linux.bin to the root of your windows drive, then add the following
>> to c:\boot.ini, which you can edit by right clicking on 'My Computer',
>> selecting 'Properties', then the 'Advanced' tab, then 'Settings' in the
>> 'Startup and Recovery' section at the bottom of that pane, then 'Edit'.
>>
>> Add the following to the bottom of the file:
>>
>> c:\linux.bin="Linux"
>>
>> and change/add the 'timeout=' line to something apropriate (or save the
>> file, then use the spinner control in the properties page to do the same.)
>>
>> That /should/ allow you to boot your second HD from the windows menu (but
>> then again it might not.)
>>
>> I've only ever done this with a different partition on the same drive but
>> it should work, and you shouldn't damage anything by trying.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ian
>>
>
>
> I finally got a chance to try this and no joy.  The above method, which I
> think is correct, just produces a return to the boot menu when the Linux
> option is selected.  Another method I read about used a program boootpart.
> With that I got an error message about not being able to boot from the hard
> disk.
>
> I think my problem above is caused by both the Linux and Windows HDs being
> set up to work as the primary disk.  I switch the disks in the BIOS to pick
> which to boot from, or switch the hda and hdb in GRUB to boot to windows
> from the linux boot loader.
>
> As background, the reason to not just boot to windows from GRUB is that
> windows will not suspend if the Linux loader was used to boot.
>
> So, I think I need to reinstall Linux and tell it to install on the second
> drive, with the system set up to boot from Windows, then tell it not to
> overwrite the windows boot loader.
>
> Any way to modify what I have to do this, or do I indeed need to
> reinstall?  Anything I should be careful of?
>
> Allen
>


[SOLVED]
OK, so for the record none of this worked.  I could not get Windows XP to
boot Myth even after installing it three times and trying multiple ways of
trying to do it.  But, I installed Mythbuntu on the second disk, put the
boot loader on that disk, and set the bios to boot to that disk and GRUB
loaded Windows so that it would suspend successfully. Not sure why it works
or why the other way didn't, but this problem is behind solved.

Allen
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