[lug] error loading operating system

[Lee Woodworth]

On 03/04/2011 02:12 PM, Zan Lynx wrote:
> On 3/4/2011 1:30 PM, Chuck Morrison wrote:
>> er, I meant to say install <grub> to the mbr or first partition.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Chuck Morrison <chuck.morrison at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On that same line of thought, did your opensuse install to the mbr or
>>> the first partition ? My guess is it needs to be on the mbr.
> 
> Although if you want to dual boot with Vista or Windows 7 you will need
> to make the Windows bootloader first on the MBR and use it to chain-load
> GRUB. There are instructions for this online.
> 
> Otherwise, the Microsoft DRM code will fail to validate and you won't be
> able to do things like play Bluray or use MS disk encryption. I'm not
> sure Windows will load at all, actually.

I have grub on the MBR which then chain loads the ms boot loader for vista home premium.
I don't use the win side for multimedia so I can't say if multimedia is working or not.
windows update does work.

/dev/sda1               1         192     1536992+  83  Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2   *         192       10635    83886080    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           10635       15857    41943040+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4           15857       48642   263345239+  8e  Linux LVM

# grub install with /boot on /dev/sda1
# grub
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit

# /boot/grub/grub.conf:
root (hd0,0)
kernel /bzImage-2.6.37-gentoo root=/dev/mapper.....
initrd /initramfs-2.6.37.cpio.gz

# For booting Windows
title Windows VH Premium
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader  +1