Dual Boot, Grub, FC3-WinXpSP2, 2 drives. No go.

[Sasa Stupar]

--On 1. marec 2005 13:07 -0500 Nat Gross 
<natgross.rentalsystems at verizon.net> wrote:

> Sasa Stupar wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> --On 1. marec 2005 11:14 -0500 Nat Gross
>> <natgross.rentalsystems at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 01:00 -0500, Robert Locke wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 17:55 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought so, too. But I just mounted both (vfat and ntfs) partitions
>>>>>> under FC3, and there is no boot.ini file. At this point I am certain
>>>>>> that for some reason (maybe due to an earlier install of Windows)
>>>>>> Windows kept the boot.ini on C, hda, and used that to boot from E.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> This is beginning to sound problematic and more of a Windows thing....
>>>>>
>>>>> I am guessing that perhaps we would need to "repair" the Windows
>>>>> installation.  Offhand, I am not sure how to do this and I think
>>>>> that it
>>>>> will most likely attempt to overwrite the MBR part of the first disk.
>>>>> This is not necessarily a huge problem in that a quick linux rescue
>>>>> followed by a grub re-installation of the first stage bootloader can
>>>>> correct the damage potentially done by the Windows repair....
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> One key question is, does grub require that I make hdb5 bootable?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> So to speak.  GRUB is passing control to the NTLDR and BOOT.INI files.
>>>>> Remember that they are hidden/system files usually, so depending on
>>>>> how
>>>>> you tried to locate them might be why you did not see them (probably a
>>>>> pipe dream)???
>>>>>
>>>>> I think at this stage you may be looking to get some advice on how to
>>>>> repair the Windows partition unless someone else wants to jump in with
>>>>> advice on that side....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>> I'm coming in late in the game - NTLDR and BOOT.INI would normally be
>>>> found in c:\ and they are invisible files - you wouldn't normally see
>>>> them in Windows unless you set all files visible including system
>>>> files.
>>>>
>>>> If the 'C' drive was removed, then these files no longer exist.
>>>>
>>>> You can boot Windows Install CD - go to recover console, and type
>>>> "FIXBOOT"
>>>>
>>>> should fix that problem
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The problem is that Windows has been updated to sp2, rendering the
>>> original Win cd useless.
>>> -nat
>>>
>>>> another option is FIXMBR but that might be a mistake if you want
>>>> grub to
>>>> chain the bootloader - remember though that grub should be chaining to
>>>> the proper drive hd(?,0) and the ? is likely to be a number like 1 or 2
>>>> or 3 depending on how many hard drives are installed
>>>>
>>>> Craig
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>> Try the following change in your grub.conf:
>> -----------
>> default=0
>> timeout=10
>> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>> title Pingo Linux
>>     root (hd0,0)
>>     kernel /vmlinuz-xxx ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>>     initrd /initrd-xxx.img
>> title Windows XP Pro
>>     map (hd0) (hd1)
>>        map (hd1) (hd0)
>>     rootnoverify (hd1,0)
>>     chainloader +1
>>     makeactive
>>     boot
>> -----------
>> It works nice for me.
>>
>> Sasa
>
> If this works, you get promoted!
> Now, which portion of grub.conf are you referring to that I change?
> Do you have a similar setup with two drives, Linux on the first and
> Windows on the second?
> Thanks.
> -nat

Yes. I have linux on first and winxp on second and each one with it'c own 
MBR but I but from linux and I can choose linux or winxp.

Sasa


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