Grub not starting Windows

KC Ferguson fedora-list at maxrack.net
Tue Feb 3 15:38:45 UTC 2004


<quote who="Gertjan Vinkesteijn">
> antonio montagnani wrote:
>> On one of my systems (Windows 2000+Fedora) suddenly Windows is not
>> starting from start-up menu at boot (Fedora is running fine)
>> Any suggestion??? Shall I have to clean MBR and re-install Grub??
>> Grub.conf seems not to be corrupted.
>>
>> TNX
>>
>
> Yes, change over to LILO, here is an example of an /etc/lilo.conf file:
>
> boot = /dev/hda
> prompt
> timeout=50
> delay = 40
> #default=Win2000
> default=linux
> lba32
> compact
> vga = 791
> read-only
>
> image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.25-xfs
> 	append="hdb=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> 	root=/dev/hdc2
>          label = linux
> 	initrd = /boot/initrd-2.4.25-xfs.img
>
> other = /dev/hda1
>       label = Win2000
>       table = /dev/hda
>
> --
> peace now, that is good for all of us
> http://gershwin.xs4all.nl
>
>

ehem... Fix the problem with Windows before you go bashin on the boot
loader!  ...if ya just gotta have it...

IOSubSys





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