Jordi Espasa Clofent spake the following on 1/16/2007 2:38 AM: >> Try: >> title Windows XP >> map (hd0) (hd1) >> map (hd1) (hd0) >> rootnoverify (hd1,0) >> chainloader +1 >> >> Works for me. > > Also for me. It was the solution, but I don't understant exactly why. > > According the GRUB manual and RHEL knowledge database article > (http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_43_4053.shtm): > > " The next two lines /map (hd1) (hd0), map (hd0) (hd1)/ use the disk > swapping technique, because that O/S cannot boot from any disks but the > first one. This performs a "virtual" swap between your first and second > hard drive." > Windows and linux look at drive order differently. You have a /dev/sda and a /dev/hdb. Even though /dev/hdb is on a slave, /dev/sda is either a scsi drive or sata. Your windows system looks at the ide drive as the first drive. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!