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by **erickj92** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:37

I had XP Home on my computer forever and ive been dual-booting with Ubuntu for a few weeks, but not i wanted to use Sabayon, and i install it after formatting my Linux partition (not the partition with windows) and installed Sabayon, and when i go to boot i only get my Sabayon OS and my Emachines Recovery on my GRUB boot menu, but no XP!!! HELP PLZ!!

by **wolfden** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:24

edit the grub.conf and add it ???

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_boot

by **erickj92** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:42

in that guide it doesnt seem to show XP in the grub.conf, only NT and 95... sorry a ace at XP and Vista but a noob with Linux

by **wolfden** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:48

your kidding right?

The very first example is XP

and it doesn't matter what the name of windows is

by **erickj92** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:55

oh ok, sorry i see it now, but could u give me the exact adress to the .conf file for me?? i do a search and noting is shown so if u can tell me where it is i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!!

by **wolfden** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:08

/boot/grub/grub.conf

by **erickj92** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:20

ok, i edited the Lilo like it told me, but i cant open the grub.conf file... could you please exlain a little more stuff to me?? tihs is really confusing!!

by **wolfden** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:33

lilo???

this is grub

you have to be root to edit config files.

by **erickj92** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:34

in my system administration i can edit the Lilo.conf file through that program... i cant figure out how on earth to edit GRUB... if you could help me with that, im really new to this... im sorry

by **wolfden** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:40

huh?

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_boot#Grub
which can be found here:
/boot/grub/grub.conf

you have to be root level to edit that file

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