Hi,

I want to load my first partition to ram. DA is on the first partition and active. Menu.lst is as follows-
title Boot 1st partition to ram
map --mem (hd0,0)+1 (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map --hook
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)/ntldr

title reboot from hard disk
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)/ntldr

Boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
c:grldr= "grub4dos"

When I use the grub4dos option I get a hal.dll error. I do not get the menu.lst options.Any ideas?

Regards,

Gerard

Please consider using the following:

menu.lst:

title 1 -- reboot from Hard disk ntldr
find --set-root /ntldr
unhide
chainloader /ntldr

title 2 -- boot system drive to ram & hide it on hard disk (for use if ram > system drive)
find --set-root /ntldr
hide
map --mem +1 (hd0)
map --hook
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
unhide
chainloader /ntldr

title 3 -- boot system drive to ram & unhide it on hard disk (for use if ram > system drive)
find --set-root /ntldr
unhide
map --mem +1 (hd0)
map --hook
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
unhide
chainloader /ntldr

boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:grldr="grub4dos"

Your entry in boot.ini for grub4dos needs a  after :

See if it helps.