On 12/16/05, Lovell Mcilwain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a compaq R3000 that is running FC4 on it. Its a dual boot > machine that seems to have lost its ability to boot into windows. > > Right now in my grub.conf folder for my windows entry it shows: > > title Windows HE > rootnoverify (hd0,4) > chainloader +1 > > When I reboot my machine and select > > Windows HE > > I get a black screen that shows me the rest of the grub entry: > > rootnoverify (hd0,4) > chainloader +1 > > Can anyone tell me if there is a way that I can fix my grub entry to be > able to boot into my windows partition? > > Thanks for the help.
Hi Lovell, Well, what your GRUB entry should be depends upon where Windows is installed. Right now, GRUB is pointed at what Linux would call /dev/hda5. The (hd0,4) means hard disk 0, partition 4 (where both begin with 0, hence hda5). What is the output of # fdisk -l in Linux? You should be able to tell where Windows is from that. Normally, it is installed on (hd0,0). If not, you must have reinstalled it at some point after you put Linux towards the front. When you find the right partition, just change the second number in (hd0,4) to whatever you need (make sure to subtract one from the hdaX, eg, if it is on /dev/hda3, the grub.conf should read (hd0,2)). If you cannot figure something else, post back with the info you collect, especially the output of "fdisk -l" Jonathan _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
