Add Windows (XP) to Grub

[Wanch]

I just finished installing a new Linux Flavor and when I rebooted my Windows XP option wasn't in Grub. In all of the other installs I have done this was added automatically.

Here is my partition table:

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x41ab2316

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           5       40131   de  Dell Utility
/dev/sda2   *           6        6889    55295730    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3            6890        6902      104422+  83  Linux
/dev/sda4            6903        9729    22707877+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5            6903        9729    22707846   8e  Linux LVM

See my /dev/sda2 is active and is the NTFS filesystem. But it does not appear in Grub. How do I add it and how do I make Windows the default?

[Jordan]

Here is what you should add:

title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

Notice the rootnoverify (doesn't verify the filesystem type)? Here is what the (hdX,Y) mean:

(hd0,0) = /dev/sda1
(hd0,1) = /dev/sda2
(hd0,2) = /dev/sda3
etc.

If your HD are /dev/hda you use the same syntax as above.

[Tor]

Most Linux installed do this for you now. I can't imagine why one wouldn't. Which flavor was it?

[Jordan]

I've seen some that do not do it. For instance, Sabayon Linux does not do this.

[MHJ]

Is it possible to do the same thing with Windows ME or is the system too old?

[Tor]

Yeah, you can do that with any Windows. Just change the "Title" line to whatever version of Windows you are using.

[Crop]

Originally Posted by MHJ

Is it possible to do the same thing with Windows ME or is the system too old?

You can do this with any boot partition.