From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1N8zxH-0005V1-U1 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:29:03 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8zxG-0005Uw-NX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:29:02 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8zxC-0005SO-3s for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:29:02 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37049 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8zxB-0005S9-Uu for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:28:57 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:39464) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N8zxB-000776-6j for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:28:57 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 13 Nov 2009 17:28:54 -0000 Received: from dslb-088-067-135-245.pools.arcor-ip.net (EHLO [192.168.2.2]) [88.67.135.245] by mail.gmx.net (mp023) with SMTP; 13 Nov 2009 18:28:54 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20629184 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19xUJ1JrU9xzEwjVTG283B11tzMw9/MGc5gx4QCYB ymjxbvGYUrqL5M Message-ID: <4AFD9755.90805@gmx.de> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:28:53 +0100 From: Johannes Bauer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091110) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.61 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Booting TrueCrypt Windows Hard Drive X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:29:02 -0000 Dear list, I've read a whole lot about problems booting Windows through Grub - but found no solution at all. By playing around with the options, I found a solution which *almost* works: My main (Linux) drive is /dev/sda. / and /boot are on /sda1, i.e. (hd0,1). My crap (Windows) drive is /dev/sdb. There is only one partition /dev/sdb1. The whole drive has been encrypted with TrueCrypt. I've copied the MBR of /dev/sdb to /boot/truecrypt.mbr. Then I used the following grub entry: menuentry "Sigh" { insmod drivemap set root=(hd1,1) drivemap (hd0) (hd1) drivemap (hd1) (hd0) chainloader (hd0,1)/boot/truecrypt.mbr boot } This gets further than all other tutorials I've read before - it makes Truecrypt actually ask for my password. After I've entered it successfully, the Windows logo comes up and it appears to be booting. However, after about 20 seocnds, it just resets hard. The next time I boot Windows (7, BTW) that way, I get a message saying that it crashed during bootup and if I want to use some kind of boot rescue restore magic. When I say yes, a textmode progressbar comes up. When it reaches 100%, the computer again resets hard. I have a feeling that I'm almost there but am missing something - can somebody please help me? Kind regards, Johannes