cannie Posted November 27, 2008 Author Posted November 27, 2008 Well, you can already boot XP directly from NTLDR+BOOT.ININow I get two succesive bootmenus, the first coming from boot.ini and the second, if you click grub, coming from menu.lst. I would like to see only the second one, that is, the menu coming from menu.lst. How can I do it?As you said in your precedent post, grub4dos is an excellent program, simple and fast, and I´ll keep it.Thanks!
jaclaz Posted November 27, 2008 Posted November 27, 2008 (edited) How can I do it?You cannot, as you are using NTLDR as primary loader.We need an entry in BOOT.INI to boot Windows XP, as NTLDR looks in BOOT.INI and grub4dos chainloads NTLDR.There are alternatives:1) Install grldr.mbr to the MBR2) put a single entry in BOOT.INI pointing to grub4dos and use in grub4dos a mapped "XP boot floppy" to actually load Windows3) have another NTLDR renamed to something else and hexedited to look in a renamed BOOT.INI, say BOOT.INN4) change the name of the loader in the partition bootsector to GRLDR:http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=23625) always boot to DOS and load grub.exe from there6) ....7) ....8) ........Though, of course if all you have to do is dual boot between XP and 9x/Me, good ol' NTLDR and bootpart are all you need.I mean, always use a KISS approach, using grub4dos to just do the above is a bit like using a cannon to shoot at flies...jaclaz Edited November 27, 2008 by jaclaz
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