cannie Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 27, 2008 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannie Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 Thanks! I'll follow your advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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