[ltp] T42 Success in Booting Rescue and Recovery after GRUB Install!
Marcus Hagn
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:37:57 +0200
On 10/24/05, Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 16:08 +0200, Marcus Hagn wrote:
> > thanks, it works great on my X40. I have the following lines in my
> > Grub config file:
> >
> > title IBM Rescue & Recovery
> > root (hd0,1)
> > parttype (hd0,1) 0x0b
> > savedefault
> > makeactive
> > chainloader +1
> >
> > title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> > root (hd0,0)
> > parttype (hd0,1) 0x12
> > savedefault
> > makeactive
> > chainloader +1
> >
> > This lets me boot into XP as well as into the Recovery partition from
> > the grub menu.
>
> Assuming you have installed GRUB into the MBR: does this also allow you
> to activate Rescue and Recovery by pressing the Acces IBM (or probably
> ThinkVantage) button at system boot?
>
No, I have to start it from the GRUB boot menu.
Regards