[ale] Games and Grub

[Jason Vinson]

I am no grub expert, but my grub conf is below.  I use it to dual boot 
winXP (hda) and gentoo (hdb).   The major difference i see is 
"makeactive" but as i mentioned before, i am no grub expert.

Jason

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/boot/grub/grub.conf
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timeout 10
#Default to first entry
default 0
#Use second entry if first fails
fallback 1
                                                                                

# For booting Gentoo Gaming Custom
title  Gentoo Gaming
root   (hd1,0)
kernel (hd1,0)/kernel-2.4.20-gaming-103003 root=/dev/hdb3
                                                                                

# For booting Gentoo Stock Kernel
title  Gentoo Original
root   (hd1,0)
kernel (hd1,0)/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hdb3
initrd (hd1,0)/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r8
                                                                                

# For booting Windows
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader  +1

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Robert Coggins wrote:

> Hey all!
>
> OK I have 2 machines.  One is strictly linux.  I want to play some 
> cool 3d shootem up games like unreal or quake etc on it.  I do not 
> want to add anything windows to this machine. so no wine etc... Do you 
> guys have a suggestion for a website to look at?  I am looking for 
> somehting free.  I never play games but I wouldn't mind getting a game 
> to "escape" once a month or so.
>
> Here is my main problem though.  I have another computer with nothing 
> but linux.  I found an old 40 GB HDD I thought was defective but 
> actually is not.  It has windowsXP (ntfs) on it.  I would like to 
> setup dual boot but I do not want to reinstall anything.  I put what I 
> thought were the correct settings for grub but I keep getting an error 
> 11 if I try to boot to winxp.  It will boot fine to linux.  ANy 
> suggestions.
>
> Linux drive is hda
> win drive is hdb
>
> Here is my grub.conf file
>
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl)
>        root (hd0,0)
>        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi 
> rhgb
>        initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img
> title Windows XP Professional
>        map (hd0)(hd1)
>        map (hd1)(hd0)
>        rootnoverify (hd1,1)
>        chainloader +1
>
> Thanks for any help in advance.
>
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