Re: Triple boot:XP,ubuntu&FC5 grub failed

[Jim Cornette]

Gayal wrote:
>  I was using Win XP with FC5 and wanted to install Ubuntu as well.
>  
>  So i deleted the FC5 partition (just for the fun of doing it) and 
>  installed ubuntu straight from the live cd V6.10.
>  And my laptop dual booted perfectly with XP.
>  After that i installed FC5 and during the creation of boot loader i 
>  added XP and Ubutu as well from there respective partitions.
>  
>  But then triple boot failed.
>  This is the message i get when selected ubuntu from Fedora Core 5 Grub Menu
>  -----------------------------------
>  
>  Booting 'ubuntu'
>  rootnoverify (hd0,6)
>  chainloadre +1
>  
>  Error 13: Invalid or Unsupported executable format.
>  Press any key to continue
>  
>  so how can i fix this problem and tripple boot my laptop.
>  
>  my file systems are as follows:
>  XP - NTFS
>  ubuntu - reiserfs
>  FC5 - Ext3
>  
>  -- 
>  Gayal Rupasinghe
>  SRI LANKA
>  (SU-APIIT)
>  User #396462 counter.li.org <http://counter.li.org>
>   
In the Ubuntu OS, you need to install its boot loader into the partition 
  that you have the ubuntu boot loader located in.

For example: I had to run grub-install /dev/hdb1 to chainload another 
installation from within the installation that had grub installed in 
that location, I don't know if it is a spelling difference such as 
British compared to US spelling, but chainloader +1 instead of 
chainlodre + 1 might be the problem with the setup.

There was also a problem related to reiserFS with grub in the past. I 
think that this factor should not matter. It might be solved already.

Jim


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