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dual boot xp and slitaz

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• Started 12 years ago by idi_idi_idi
• Latest reply from byllgrim
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   idi_idi_idi
   

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   Hello i just installed slitaz after xp but i'm not sure of what to add on my grub file anymore, i already tried a bunch of things and can't get it to work. My slitaz is on hda2 and xp is on hda1.

   This is what's in my menu.lst file for slitaz

   title SliTaz GNU/Linux (cooking) (Kernel vmlinuz-2.6.30.6-slitaz)
   root (hd0,1)
   kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30.6-slitaz root=/dev/hda2

   Could anyone please help me, if you need more information just tell me how to get it and i will post it back here ASAP. Thanks.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   aniguenni
   

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   Hi idi_idi_idi,

   first of all, you installed slitaz after xp, right? so you installed it normally with the slitaz installer, followed the instructions and installed the grub-loader at the end?

   then it's very easy to complete the grub menu.lst on hda2 as follows. just add at the beginning or at the end of your menu.lst file (as root to save it afterwards again):

   # For booting Windows from : /dev/hda1 (this line is not necessary. just for remark)
   title Microsoft Windows XP
   rootnoverify (hd0,0)
   chainloader +1

   ... that's it.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   idi_idi_idi
   

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   Hello again, yes i installed it after xp and followed the instructions and installed the grub-loader.
   Well i tried what you said but i get this

   Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format

   when i try to choose it from the grub menu.

   I don't know if this matters but i can access the files for both partitions. So i opened the gparted and for my xp partition /dev/hda1 there's a lock right next to it.
   the mount point says media/disk and at the end it says boot.
   When i click information, it says on status that it's mounted on /media/disk
   And for my other partition, /dev/hda2 it says on status that it's not mounted. Oh and there's no lock for this one. Thanks again.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   aniguenni
   

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   @idi_idi_idi

   well have a look into these instructions below:

   http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:installation?s=dual&s=boot
   http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_windows_xp_and_linux_xp_installed_first.htm

   maybe this can help to sort out your boot problem.
   i guess there is someone out here, who knows what the error 13 says. i'm very new to linux too. but i'm lucky. on my lifebook SliTaz was easily to install beside (after) windows. since that time, i use mainly this awesome os. only for some progs, which i urgently need and unfortunetely don't get them running with wine, i still use win XP.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   hothorsegz
   

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   hi .. not sure if the following links are useful since i did not have the same problem as you did

   http://meld.org/discussion/general-discussion/grub-error-13-invalid-or-unsupported-executable-format

   http://reboot.pro/12555/

   as for my situation the bootloader did not recognize Comice 4 Linux distro ...
   but as i continue to tinker with Slitaz 4 i will probably let the other Linux distro sleep ... ; )

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   christophe
   

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   your entry menu looks good to me
   if this can help you, i ended up using grub4dos

   it's very fast to install and if it solves your problem this way...

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   idi_idi_idi
   

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   thanks to all of you for your help, i looked at all the links but i've had no luck, if anyone does get this later, could you perhaps do a tutorial/video i'm sure many people besides me would appreciate it. Because frankly idk what's wrong.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   christophe
   

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   what message do you get ?

   and,

   did you try grub4dos ?

   Posted 12 years ago #
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   idi_idi_idi
   

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   I was getting this Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format
   but i've fixed it already although in a weird way. I installed ubuntu 10.04 along with these two operating systems and the bootloader from there fixed it automatically, Now i can boot all three. Well thanks to all of you who tried to help me. This is problem is now solved.

   Posted 12 years ago #
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    byllgrim
    

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    I have this error too, but I dont want to instal ubuntu. Can you post the content of your menu.lst?

    Posted 11 years ago #
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    Anonymous
    

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    It may just need you to run update-grub

    Posted 11 years ago #
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    byllgrim
    

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    I fixed it!
    rootnoverify (hd0,1)
    ...worked, but not (hd0,0) as the manual says.

    http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:installation#dual-booting-with-windows

    Posted 11 years ago #

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