On Saturday 19 June 2004 02:33, Anshuman Singh Rawat wrote: > Hi, > I have a dual boot system with grub as the loader. > I wanted to change the default from WinXP to linux. > So I changed the 'default' from 1 to 0 in grub.conf. > 1 = Win (the second entry in grub.conf. linux was the first). > > Now the big problem is grub doesn't load any of the 2 OSes. Infact, > it doesn;t even reach that startup screen. It just freezes!! > > Any clue how to fix this without a rescue disk (this PC doesn't have a > floppy drive) ?
One must presume you installed via a cdrom then as you have no floppy, so use your install cdrom as a rescue medium. Most distro's have a rescue option. You made no mention of which distro so i cant say. > A quick help will really be appreciated! To get proper help one needs to know _details_ of course you forgot the details so the reply's may well be quick but if they are helpful is another matter. > Thanks. > Anshuman -- If the Linux community is a bunch of thieves because they try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community is built on organized crime. Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
