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DIOS

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Jul 4, 2002, 12:55:40 PM7/4/02
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OK here is my sfdisk and grub.conf:
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Disk /dev/hda: 4866 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 0+ 303 304- 2441848+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 304 4864 4561 36636232+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hda5 304+ 823 520- 4176868+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda6 824+ 4864 4041- 32459301 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdb: 2495 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hdb2 2 2494 2493 20025022+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdb3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hdb4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hdb5 * 2+ 384 383- 3076416 83 Linux
/dev/hdb6 385+ 400 16- 128488+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb7 401+ 2494 2094- 16820023+ b Win95 FAT32

Disk /dev/hde: 826 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/hde1 * 0+ 825 826- 6634813+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hde2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hde3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hde4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
*********************************************************************
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd1,4)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdb5
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=2
timeout=75
splashimage=(hd1,4)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-5)
debug
root (hd1,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-5 ro root=/dev/hdb5 hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-5.img
title Windows
debug
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
*********************************************************************
Thanx
AGP

hotfixer wrote:
> Boot on your rh sys and post the result of this commands
> sfdisk -l
> cat /etc/grub.conf
>
> After that, we can hlp you. :0)
>
> Have a nice day
>
> "DIOS" <sindiz...@softhome.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 3D23B4EB...@softhome.net...
>
>>OK I dont know what happened but here' the score:
>>Disk 1: Win98SE, Win2K, WinXP
>>Disk 2: Swap, RH7.2, FAT32 Storage
>>Disk 3: FAT32 Storage
>>
>>Now I had all that and installed WinXP last and
>>discovered that I had problems booting into RH.
>>So I upgraded RH to 7.3 and installed GRUB to the
>>Main disk MBR. Now I can boot into RH but for the
>>life of me I cannot boot into any of my Win partitions.
>>I have tried:
>>1. Booting with a Win98 floppy and running fdisk /mbr
>>2. Booting with the Win2K CD and running a recovery with
>> an ERD floppy disk.
>>3. Booting with the Win2K CD and running a manual recovery
>> and running FIXBOOT at the command line.
>>
>>GRUB always comes up and my Win partitons are unbootable,
>>while my RH partition is bootable.
>>
>>I am going crazy..what can I do to boot into my Win partitions?
>>
>>Thanx
>>AGP
>>
>
>
>


hotfixer

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Jul 5, 2002, 4:24:06 AM7/5/02
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try to use this in grub.conf
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debug
default=2
timeout=75
splashimage=(hd1,4)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-5)

root (hd1,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-5 ro root=/dev/hdb5 hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-5.img

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title WindowsXP
rootnoverify (hd0,4)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title Windows2000
rootnoverify (hd0,5)
makeactive
chainloader +1
____________________________________

Have a nice day :)


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Jul 8, 2002, 1:50:32 PM7/8/02
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OK ill try that today. I ws able to backup my data so
now i can try a more aggresive approach. Thanx, ill post
my results.
AGP

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DIOS

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Jul 9, 2002, 8:59:56 PM7/9/02
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Invalid device on Xp and 2000 and it hangs on just Windows.
AGP

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hotfixer

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Jul 10, 2002, 8:02:11 AM7/10/02
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If i understand with the last conf (plz confirm this)
linux : work ( on /dev/hdb5 )
windows : work ( on /dev/hde1 )
windowsxp : noboot (grub splash screen just flashing)
windows2000 : noboot (grub splash screen just flashing)

try this:
replace in windowsxp
rootnoverify (hd0,4) by rootnoverify (hd4,0)

_________________________

debug
default=2
timeout=75
splashimage=(hd1,4)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-5)
root (hd1,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-5 ro root=/dev/hdb5 hdd=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-5.img

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title WindowsXP
rootnoverify (hd4,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title Windows2000
rootnoverify (hd0,5)
makeactive
chainloader +1
____________________________________

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DIOS

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Jul 10, 2002, 8:34:55 PM7/10/02
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Configured as you suggested.
linux=work
windows=no work...hangs..no flashing....just hangs
windowsxp=no boot..device error
windows2000=no boot..device error.
AGP

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