Windows hangs during grub boot

[Rick Stevens]

vincy wrote:
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> Subject:
> Window hangs during grub boot
> From:
> vincy <nj.collis at shaw.ca>
> Date:
> Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:46:36 -0700
> To:
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> Hello,
> 
> I had a computer with windows 98 and fedora FC3 dual booting on it. I
> recently tried to upgrade to window 2000 but it hangs after I select the
> open from grub. Linux works fine. I tried all different options except
> re-formating. Can someone help me. Thanks

Windows 2000 overwrites the MBR boot.  You'll need to boot FC3 in rescue
mode (you DID make the rescue CD, right?), then:

	# chroot /mnt/sysimage
	# grub-install /dev/hda
	# exit
	#exit

Note that installing ANY M$ product AFTER Linux will kill the grub MBR 
record (M$ thinks they own EVERYTHING, including the MBR).

> 
> Noel.
> 
> grub.conf file
> 
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title Fedora Core (2.6.10-1.766_FC3)
> 	root (hd0,1)
> 	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.766_FC3 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb
> quiet
> 	initrd /initrd-2.6.10-1.766_FC3.img
> title Fedora Core (2.6.10-1.760_FC3)
> 	root (hd0,1)
> 	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.760_FC3 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb
> quiet
> 	initrd /initrd-2.6.10-1.760_FC3.img
> title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
> 	root (hd0,1)
> 	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
> 	initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
> title Windows
> 	rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> 	chainloader +1
> 
> # fdisk -l 
> Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *           1        4881    39198687+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda2            4881        4893      102399+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda3            4893       14594    77919653   8e  Linux LVM
> 
> #df
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
>                       76377160   4267404  68230028   6% /
> /dev/hda2                99146     15275     78752  17% /boot
> none                     63144         0     63144   0% /dev/shm
> 
> 
> # sfdisk -d /dev/hda 
> # partition table of /dev/hda
> unit: sectors
> 
> /dev/hda1 : start=       17, size= 78397375, Id= c, bootable
> /dev/hda2 : start= 78397438, size=   204799, Id=83
> /dev/hda3 : start= 78602237, size=155839306, Id=8e
> /dev/hda4 : start=        0, size=        0, Id= 0
> 
> 
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