odd problem

[Phil Schaffner]

On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 15:40 -0400, Marshall Lewis wrote:

> I'm having a problem that I can't find any reference too...  basically..
> I install fedora on a tablet that already has win xp on it.. the install
> goes fine, but after the reboot when I select the kernel to boot in
> grub, it doesn't load.  I can see the output from grub where it runs the
> root command, and then it runs the kernel command, but after running the
> kernel command it just hangs.. the kernel never loads (and grub never
> gets to the initrd command).
> 
> Has anyone else ever seen this problem?

There was a thread "Dual boot FC2T2 and WinXP?" from Thu, 1 Apr 2004
16:39:38 that discussed problems with this type of configuration and HD
geometries, but apparently not exactly your problem.  There have been
LOTS of boot problems discussed on the list.

> 
> btw:  I did try using the grub commandline to start, (using tab complete
> for the drive and kernel and initrd) so it does actually see the drive,
> and the kernel and the initrd image...