Am Mi, den 01.09.2004 schrieb kate um 1:02:
un-dual boot XP & FC2 How do I correct the boot procedure?
Neither will boot separately. How do I fix this?
BACKGROUND I have 2 hardrives. hda is XP, and hdb is FC2, managed by Grub. I want to separate them. I bought drive trays, so when I want FC2, I put in FC2 tray. When I want XP, I put in XP tray. RESULT: not dual boot system.
QUESTION how do I correct the boot procedure?
WHAT I'VE TRIED I take out hdb (FC2) and boot hda XP only. I get:
"GRUB hard disk error"
I think the command is called "fixmbr" for WinXP. You should start from the Windows[tm] CD to run it.
I place FC2 as primary master and adjust jumper as master: " Booting from CD ROM
<goes to next line and waits...forever> " So, I think that I need to re-write a mbr, but I'm out of my depth here. Any help appreciated.
Boot with FC2 CD1 into rescue mode and install grub onto the drive. Run "chroot /mnt/sysimage" and "grub-install /dev/hda".
Kate
Alexander