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DUAL BOOT XP & Linux off 2 HD's...boot.ini edit

Asked by riprap1951 in Windows XP Operating System

Tags: linux, boot, loader, xp

[If there's a better forum in which to float this query, I'd appreciate re-direction ((-;]
   I'm in process of building dual boot sys, and need some help.
   Installed new hd [Maxtor ATA/133 80GB] on primary cable as master; relegated orig hd [Samsung ATA/100 40GB] as slave, same cable.
   Installed XP on primary hd. It's running just fine as of right now.
   Formatted [w Partition Commander] second hd in Reiser, and installed Mandrake 9.2. The install went o.k. When asked, near end of process, where I wanted the boot file placed, I chose "root". [NOT "MBR"].

   Then I went into C:\boot. ini, and got to editing. The default file read:
       [boot loader]
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

   I changed it to read:
       [boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)\LINUX="Mandrake 9.2" /fastdetect

    Here's the present problem, the one I can't figure out [ignorance on my part no doubt]:
   When I turn the machine on, an official-looking choice-of-os screen comes up, with the desired alternatives. I arrow down to the Linux version, select it, and immediately get a long error msge that starts out, "Windows could not start because of a computer disk configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk....." [etc etc] I don't know what to do to fix this. Because I AM NOT SURE WHICH PARTITION# THE LINUX BOOT FILES ARE INSTALLED TO, I did try editing the Linux entry in boot.ini to "partition(1)", but that didn't work either, and was just shot in the dark 'cause I don't know where on my secondary hd the Linux boot files are! Heck, I don't even know if the boot files for Mandrake are on the primary hd or the secondary! [When I selected "root", which root?]
   
   At any rate, I'm looking forward to invaluable help from one of the XP wizards out there.
  Thanks for your time & attention to detail.
Riprap.



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