On 06/03/2011 02:21 AM, Martin Stolpe wrote:> Hello,
>
> because of Windows' hibernation bug I want to boot Linux using the
> Windows boot manager. I followed this guide:
> http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_BCD but unfortunately
> only "Boot error" is shown when I try to boot Linux.
>
> Layout of the disk looks like this:
> /dev/sda1 * 0+ 16- 17- 131072 83 Linux (Linux
> boot partition)
> /dev/sda2 16+ 35476- 35460- 284830720 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> (Windows partition)
> /dev/sda3 35476+ 60801- 25326- 203423768 f W95 Erw. (LBA)
> /dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Leer
> /dev/sda5 35476+ 36520- 1045- 8388608 82 Linux Swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda6 36520+ 60801- 24281- 195033112 83 Linux (Linux
> root partition)
>
> The boot flag is set to the Linux boot partition right now, because I
> booted into Linux.
>
> Am I missing something here? How does the partition boot sector know
> where it has to search for the boot loader?
>
What version of Syslinux are you using? Versions before 4.03 has a
problem being booted off the Win7 MBR.
-hpa