[arch-general] how to boot Windows and Arch...

[Magnus Therning]

On 30/10/09 07:00, Preston C. wrote:
> Hi, I have two hard disks installed in my computer. One for Windows
> and the other for Arch Linux. I have tried to install Arch several
> times but get a message write after I click "Arch Linux" from the boot
> menu- it has something to do with "Error 17".
>
> I have come to see that my Grub configuration file is not configured
> properly. The problem is I do not know how to configure it properly-
> so that I can use Windows and Arch.
>
> The way I would like to go about choosing which OS I would like to use
> is by selecting it from the Grub boot menu. Although, if I have to
> choose a disk to boot from in the BIOS, than that is not a problem
> either.
>
> I have read on the Arch Wiki and the Grub Wiki, yet, do not know
> exactly how to properly configure the Grub configuration file to
> handle both OS's.

This shouldn't be too difficult to do.  Just make sure that Grub itself is on 
the disk that BIOS boots from.  Then then you need stanzas for each system, 
and since they are on different disks then the root will be different. 
Assuming you have Arch on your first disk, and Windows on the second something 
like this ought to take you in the right direction:

title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/mapper/tatooine-root vga=773 ro
initrd /kernel26.img

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

/M

-- 
Magnus Therning                        (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4)
magnus＠therning．org          Jabber: magnus＠therning．org
http://therning.org/magnus         identi.ca|twitter: magthe