triple boot unachieved, XP doesn't work

[bebertii]

Hi,

After having tested osx86 on an usb drive with success, I decided to install it on my laptop (nx6310, coreduo, 1.5GB RAM) with a triple boot XP/Ubuntu/OSX.

So I managed a logical partition for osx.

Installation caused no problem and OSX booted very well.

I decided to use GRUB to manage OSes so I reinstalled grub, with my Ubuntu Live CD and added on menu.lst this :

title		Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root		(hd0,1)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=458a37c3-5b38-4b4a-a9d7-6041ba6a68d6 ro quiet splash locale=fr_FR
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
quiet
savedefault

title		Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,1)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=458a37c3-5b38-4b4a-a9d7-6041ba6a68d6 ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic

title		Ubuntu, memtest86+
root		(hd0,1)
kernel		/boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

title		Other operating systems
root

title		Windows XPette
root		(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

title		Mac OSX 10.4.8
rootnoverify	(hd0,7)
makeactive
chainloader	+1

My hard disk was partitionned like this :

 

-primary----primary----------------------extended--------------------

________--_______--|--_______---______---_______---______--|

|--NTFS--|-|--EXT3--|-|-|--EXT3--|-|-SWAP-|-|-FAT 32-|-|-HFS+-|-|

|--sda1--|-|-sda2----|---|--sda5--|-|--sda6-|--|-sda7---|-|-sda8--|

__________________|-------------------sda5-------------------------|

 

It's marqued as sda and not hda because I have a SATA disk.

 

After reboot, ubuntu works, but neither OSX neither XP !

for osx I got a grub error : "no bootable partition"

for XP, It booted but It blocks just after the welcome screen, explorer doesn't run, even in "sans echec" mode ( i don't know the name in english).

What I don't understand is why XP can't run normally ?

If you have any idea, don't hesitate

Thanks.

[cbmkgd]

can't make active a logical partition.

 

osx on logical partition is known to cause problems, even if it seems to install and work at first.

i recommend osx on a primary partition, located before the extended partition.

 

(i'm not saying it's impossible to put osx on a logical partition and make it work, but i've only done it in specific circumstances, which i don't recommend.)

 

as for xp, try using rootnoverify instead of root.

 

good luck.

[bebertii]

osx on logical partition is known to cause problems, even if it seems to install and work at first.

i recommend osx on a primary partition, located before the extended partition.

Yes, it's what I'm doing, I'll post if it works.

as for xp, try using rootnoverify instead of root.

It's quite strange, because XP can boot but can't achieve loading... I don't know why. Rootnoverify don't change anything.

 

After having read some topics I wonder if grub and OSx are compatibles when they're on the same disk. Someone know ?

 

Thanks for your help

[SDRacer48]

After having read some topics I wonder if grub and OSx are compatibles when they're on the same disk. Someone know ?

 

Thanks for your help

 

I think they are, but all of my operating systems are on seperate physical disks. So I really couldn't tell you for sure.

[cbmkgd]

After having read some topics I wonder if grub and OSx are compatibles when they're on the same disk. Someone know ?

They are, even in that situation.

osx problems in logical part, or primary after the extended part., exist even without grub involved.

 

note: just in case, when you'll try osx on a primary before the extended partition, check what is its partition number; it should be sda3 (and the extended partition itself sda4); if not, you might (just might) have to reorder the partition table also... anyway, one step at a time, you might not need to do this.

 

nb: le mode "sans echec" se dit "safe mode" en anglais .