sahil..how do i find out where does my window reside???? it shud be either hda 4 or 5 i ll try both the devices...
and how do i reinstall gub later on On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Sahil Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:22 PM, aashish khanna < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > guys the situation is like this: > > 1. I had a XP installed on my C: but it got corrupted sometime back,but i > > needed some data on the desktop. > > 2. so i installed another XP on D:,thus having a option to boot from > either > > of the two windows(one corrupt) > > 3. now i formatted C: and installed fedora core 6(suggested by a friend) > > 4. the GRUB loader at the time of installation detected "other" OS as > well > > on hda5 and it was installed on MBR > > 5. but during the boot on selecting the "other" it shows > > rootnoverify(hd0,4) > > chainloader +1 > > > > >> are you sure that your windows(d) resides on (hd0,4)..? > if yes, then check the entry for it in /boot/grub/menu.lst to see if > the lines makeactive and savedefault are also present..! > > it shud be like this: > > title win xp > rootnoverify (hd0,4) > savedefault > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > also try changing rootnoverfiy to just root.. > > if still the problem persists, then the method posted by Mehul should work, > after which you'll need to re-install GRUB. > > > > -- > Sahil > > MCA(SE) > USIT > GGSIPU, Kashmere Gate > Delhi > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
