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ripu

Member

Registered: 2012-03-23

Posts: 1

Grub not showing Windows 7

I tried to install Slitaz 3.0 on my 5 year old laptop with Windows 7 on dual boot. But after successful installation Grub showed only Slitaz and not Windows 7. I tried to reinstall grub but got same result. Finally I removed it.

I want to install 4.0 version on the same laptop, so please fix this issue before final release.

Thanks,

Ripu

Trixar_za

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 1,506

Re: Grub not showing Windows 7

It's because SliTaz 3 uses Grub legacy, which doesn't really have support for Windows 7. There are guides online on how to add it though. SliTaz 4 might use grub2, which does does have support for Win 7, so it should run better.

michaelbischof

Member

Registered: 2012-01-20

Posts: 536

Re: Grub not showing Windows 7

No,

you did not find the solution because it is too easy? I assume that you installed Slitaz to the MBR. Then you will have a file /boot/grub/menu.lst in Slitaz. As root open this file with leafpad

   Shut the session. Login as root. Then type:

   #leafpad /boot/grub/menu.lst &

Then you add the following lines after the Slitaz boot command:

title windows7 - sda1

root (hd0,0)

chainloader +1

boot

That works on my machine perfectly. @Trixar_za: apparently it has nothing to do with what Grub is installed, legacy or Grub2.

My slitaz boot command (hdd install) is like this:

title sliTaz 4.0 sda7 menu.list hier vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz

root (hd0,6)

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-slitaz root=/dev/sda7

boot

mojo

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: Grub not showing Windows 7

The user must configure /boot/grub/menu.lst of grub legacy to chainload Windows 7,Vista,WinXP.

http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:installation

Dual-Booting with Windows

ooseven

Member

Registered: 2012-08-22

Posts: 57

Re: Grub not showing Windows 7

I had the same problem. But I have 2 hdd. One sada and the 2nd is ide.

Sada has Slitaz and windows has the ide.

You need to find the partion that the windows use to boot. Mine is /dev/hda1

This is what I had to do to make it see and boot.

#title other opperating systems : root (hda1,0) That is a comma in there

#

title windows 7

rootnoverify (hd1,0)

/dev/hda1

makeactive

chainloader +1

You need to get grub to see and boot from windows boot partion. I used the gpart

to find the boot for windows. It is the smaller partion.

hOPE THIS HELPS