Re: Can Grub start Windows XP from "other" partition

[Ulf Zibis]

Am 21.11.2012 01:51, schrieb Felix Miata:
> > Some time ago I was able to manually hide partition 1 and flag partition 2 for 
> > boot. In that case,
> > the "old" Windows was moved from primary partition 1 to primary partition 2. IIRC then 
> > the "old"
> > Windows booted properly without any registry change. In MBR I set:
> > 1BE: 80 -> 00
> > 1C2: 07 -> 17
> > 1CE: 00 -> 80
> > (This hack should not work, if the "old" Windows is moved into a logical partition in the 
> > extended area.)
>
> Why do you consider this changing of type and active a "hack"? ....

Here the call it "workaround":
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Chain_002dloading

O:-)

-Ulf