Grub cannot load windows XP partition

[ianicr]

I've just got Gentoo up and running. I've got XP on my /dev/hda1 and /boot on /dev/hdb1. I've configured grub with this grub.conf:

default 0
timeout 30

title=Gentoo 2.4.25
root (hd1,0)
kernel /kernel-2.4.25-gentoo root=/dev/hdb2 vga=788

title=Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

I get the boot menu with both options but whenever I try to load XP (not that I really want to but for work!). It flicks some text too quick to read then goes back to the boot menu. Any ideas anyone?

 

[vqh]

My XP boot grub entry looks like this

title WinXP
root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1

I don't remember the reason for hd0,1 , I think it has something to do with the recovery partition

 

[ianicr]

I fixed it. Found out I had loaded grub onto /dev/hda1 rather than /dev/hda I think! Queue the XP CD and FIXMBR... Thanks for the suggestion anyway.