RedHat over Windows

Tom Callahan callahant at tessco.com
Mon Jan 30 14:23:15 UTC 2006


It sounds like RedHat installed the bootloader to the first partition on
the first disk, instead of to the MBR on the first disk.

Assuming /dev/hda is your first drive...

    `grub-install /dev/hda`

Thanks,

Tom Callahan
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Gus Zernial wrote:

> I installed RHEL 4 U2 on a box that previously ran Windows Server
>2003. The install seemed to be successful, but the system won't boot.
>Message is "error loading operating system". 
>
>I rebooted from the CD, went into a console window, mounted the
>disk(s), and the RedHat OS does seem to be there.
>
>Anyone know what's wrong and how to fix it? My own suspicion
>is that the Windows MBR is screwing things up, but I'm not sure,
>and I don't know how to fix it even if I'm right.
>
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