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grub.conf / dual boot redhat 9 and WinXP

Asked by helpmealot in Linux Setup

Tags: grub, boot

Hello,

My guess is that this question has been asked hundreds of times and will thus be an easy 250 points for someone :)  Enjoy.

Here is my hard drive configuration (view in monotype font for better readability)

===========================================================================================================
Partition Information for Disk 1:    28,623.6 Megabytes
Volume         PartType    Status    Size MB    PartSect  #   StartSect  TotalSects
===========================================================================================================
               Linux Ext3  Pri,Boot    101.9           0  1          63     208,782
               Linux Ext3  Pri      20,528.4           0  2     208,845  42,042,105
*:SWAPSPACE2   Linux Swap  Pri       1,992.4           0  3  42,250,950   4,080,510
               ExtendedX   Pri       6,000.8           0  0  46,331,460  12,289,725
Info: MBR Partition Table not in sequential order.
               EPBR        Log       6,000.8        None --  46,331,460  12,289,725
E:LINUX CDS    FAT32       Log       6,000.8  46,331,460  0  46,331,523  12,289,662


===========================================================================================================
Partition Information for Disk 2:    43,974.8 Megabytes
Volume         PartType    Status    Size MB    PartSect  #   StartSect  TotalSects
===========================================================================================================
               Unallocated Pri           7.8        None --          63      16,002
               ExtendedX   Pri,Boot 43,967.0           0  0      16,065  90,044,325
               EPBR        Log       8,001.1        None --      16,065  16,386,300
F:             NTFS        Log       8,001.1      16,065  0      16,128  16,386,237
               Unallocated Log      35,965.8        None --  16,402,365  73,658,025


===========================================================================================================
Partition Information for Disk 3:    190,779.7 Megabytes
Volume         PartType    Status    Size MB    PartSect  #   StartSect  TotalSects
===========================================================================================================
C:             NTFS        Pri,Boot 49,999.1           0  0          63 102,398,247
               ExtendedX   Pri      140,780.5           0  1 102,398,310 288,318,555
               EPBR        Log      140,780.5        None -- 102,398,310 288,318,555
D:             NTFS        Log      140,780.5 102,398,310  0 102,398,373 288,318,492

Additional information:
Disk 1 (30gb) is connected to the Primary IDE controller and set to Master
Disk 2 (45gb) is connected to the Primary IDE controller and set to Slave
Disk 3 (200gb) is connected to a separate PCI controller (Promise Ultra100 TX2).  Disk3 is the only device on this controller and is configured as "Single"

Windows XP is installed on Disk3.
Disk 1 has a FAT32 partition for holding Linux setup CD images, and Disk1 holds the Linux installation itself.

When I setup Linux, I had it install GRUB to the MBR of disk1.  I reconfigured the system BIOS to boot from disk1 instead of disk3.  Thus, when the computer boots, I'm presented with the GRUB menu from which I can choose which OS to boot.  Unfortunately, if I choose "Windows" it does not boot.  It spits out:

"Booting Windows
rootnoverify (hd0, 4)
chainloader +1"

and then sits there.

Linux boots fine from this menu.

I am still able to get into Windows by changing the BIOS setting to boot from disk3 instead of disk1.  This is cumbersome, and is what this question is about:
How do I reconfigure GRUB so that it boots windows properly on this system?

Here is the /boot/grub/grub.conf file:

==============
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,1)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=2
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Linux (2.4.20-8smp)
      root (hd0,1)
      kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8smp ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
      initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8smp.img
title Linux-up (2.4.20-8)
      root (hd0,1)
      kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi
      initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
title Windows
      rootnoverify (hd0,4)
      chainloader +1
==============

I am confident the problem lies with the line: "rootnoverify (hd0,4)" but I am unsure what values to put in there.  So, how do I tweak the above grub.conf file so that I can boot Windows XP and Linux?

Thanks!
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