On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 21:38 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote on Wed, 07 May 2008 13:13:13 -0500: > > > On > > compaq1300, I do *not* have the three boot options (original kernel, > > latest kernel and Windows XP). I have two (2) options, if I interrupt > > grub: (a) the original kernel (b) other, which is Windows XP > > Ok, that explains it. I bet you see that different on your other systems. > You either boot with the Windows Boot-Manager (which looks different from > the CentOS one, so you should be able to easily see that) or with some > Grub on *another* partition (not the boot partition on hd(0,2) which is > the third partition on disk 1). > In which order where the systems installed? Did you run into any trouble > after installing the second one concerning the dual-boot scenario? Try to > reminisce about the history of the system and what got installed when and > how. And if you reinstalled grub (or fixed the Windows boot manager with > fixmbr from the Windows recovery console) some time later for instance > (and then to the wrong partition). That is the clue to understanding why > it is different to your other systems. > The Windows boot menu is called "boot.ini" and is in the root drive of the > Windows installation (it's hidden in Windows). If that doesn't contain any > mention of your CentOS, then try to mount the other unmounted partitions > one by one and check which holds the other /boot partition. Kai: I am not using Windows Boot Manager. Grub comes up, as on the 2 boxes, where things are working properly. Questions: (a) Can I copy /boot/grub/grub.conf on my box and replace that file on my wife's box, with my version? Would that work OK? Worth a try? (b) Which files should I compare, between my box and my wife's box, the problematic one, to see if I can locate differences? There was confusion on my part, when I installed Windows XP on my wife's box. Hers was the first one I installed Win XP on, which I'd never installed before and it ended up getting installed more than once. However, in general, I thought her box was the easiest, with regard to the WinXP installations. There may have been some partitioning issues also, since each box has 4 partitions on the Windows side (C, D, E & F). In general, it is *much* easier for me to install CentOS than to install Windoze. And, *much* faster. :-) TIA, Lanny