Just a small update, since I'm sure someone will someday search and find this thread ...
I got it working. The grub configuration in menu.1st was fine; windows had overwritten the MBR. I don't know if it's possible, but I *may* not have installed grub to the MBR the first time (I don't recall running install-grub /dev/hda) -- by marking the partition as bootable, it sort of worked. To fix it, I booted using gnoppix, mounted my /root directory and chroot'ed to it, mounted my /boot partition from there, then I ran install-grub and update-grub. Useful resources: HOWTO on Debianplanet, the discussion below it, and the rescue FAQ for Knoppix. Everything now works, but I do have a question: I have boot on a separate partition from /, so according to what I've read, I should have done: grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda This then installs into /boot/boot/grub, which seems sort of silly. So, I just did grub-install /dev/hda and it installs into /boot/grub. Is there a problem with this? Richard --- Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Metzler wrote: > > > Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > bootloader. This happened to me before, but you > said you installed > > > Debian AFTER you installed Windows, so this > shouldn't be an issue. > > > > I agree that it shouldn't be an issue; but that's > very much what > > this smells like. If he's not seeing "GRUB" or > even briefly seeing > > the menu he's set up for grub, I bet the copy of > grub in the MBR > > got trashed by Windows somehow. > > I'd agree his grub partition numbering must be right > - he managed to get > grub to boot into Linux and XP at least once. > > I can't help wondering if the fact that his /boot > partition was _marked_ > bootable is a problem. Linux certainly doesn't need > to have a partition > marked bootable, and iirc Windows (at least use to) > have a problem with > multiple bootable partitions. I though earlier > versions simply refused to > boot. Perhaps XP noted the "wrong" bootable > partition and merrily rewrote > things to match its version of reality. > > derek > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]