Unable to boot on WinXP after Fedora Core 2 test3 install
Gerry Tool
gstool at earthlink.net
Thu May 13 22:24:50 UTC 2004
Jim Cornette wrote:
> Marco Bambini wrote:
>
>> I have a laptop (Acer Aspire 1300 with a 20GB HD) with Windows XP in
>> the first partition (15GB) and Fedora Core 2 test1 in the second one
>> (with GRUB for the dual boot and it always works fine). I have decided
>> to install Fedora Core 2 test3 (with the erase linux partition option)
>> and the installation works fine.
>>
>> But when I try to boot on my WindowsXP partition (with Grub) nothing
>> happens...
>> I am now UNABLE to boot into my WindowsXP partiotion...
>> I have read that others have the same problem after the Fedora install
>> ... but I haven't found any solution that works for me.
>>
>> Anyone can help me?
>>
>>
>> #fdisk -l
>> Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20003880960 bytes
>> 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38760 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
>>
>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>> /dev/hda1 * 1 26550 13381168+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
>> /dev/hda2 26551 26753 102312 83 Linux
>> /dev/hda3 26754 37785 5560128 83 Linux
>> /dev/hda4 37786 38760 491400 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
>> /dev/hda5 37786 38760 491368+ 82 Linux swap
>>
>> #cat /etc/grub.conf
>> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
>> #
>> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this
>> file
>> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
>> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
>> # root (hd0,1)
>> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
>> # initrd /initrd-version.img
>> #boot=/dev/hda
>> default=1
>> timeout=10
>> splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>> title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.327)
>> root (hd0,1)
>> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.327 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>> initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.327.img
>> title WindowsXP
>> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>> chainloader +1
>>
>> I really need your help...
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>> Marco Bambini
>> Italy
>>
>>
>
> I had a problem during FC1 where XP would not boot. I see that the
> partition is active already from the fdisk output.
>
> I ended up putting the below into grub.conf and it worked. This was the
> entry from the configuration section in "info grub".
> I only see a difference between the two entries with root instead of
> rootnoverify and the makeactive entry.
>
> # For booting Windows NT or Windows95
> title Windows NT / Windows 95 boot menu
> root (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> YMMV,
>
> Jim
>
>
>
Yes, I had tried this to no avail during one of my failures of XP to boot.
Gerry Tool
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