Re: [LinuxR3000] Grub Question

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:51:14 -0800



Jonathan Berry wrote: 
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
I will try this when I get home since my linux machine is not in front of me at the moment.  When I run fdisk -l I get the following output:
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1               2        3569    28659960    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda2            3570        3700     1052257+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3   *        3701        7295    28876837+  83  Linux
/dev/hda5               2        3569    28659928+   7  HPFS/NTFS

I did install windows first since I can't get past the problem of grub being erased or not functioning if I install windows after linux.  If I could ever get that to work I would have simply just reinstalled it since I don't use windows that much.

My assumption from what your telling me and what my output is, is that my grub entry is correct since it has (hd0,4). If that is the case can you tell me what my other options are?  I don't mind wiping my windows partition but my linux partition (as it should be) is my most important so having to rebuild that just to reinstall windows wouldn't be worth it :)
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