can't boot FC5 (grub)
yordy
ymedians at yahoo.es
Fri May 5 19:47:38 UTC 2006
OK, I had try that option too...
fdisk /dev/hda
p
partition 1 (windows partition) has boot flag
a
2
to set second partition (/boot partition) with the
boot flag, and
a
1
to unset de first partition (win xp partition) with
the boot partition
both are primary partitions and, when I restart get an
error:
Error loading Operating System
Y
--- Dan <grinnz at gmail.com> escribió:
> yordy wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Yesterday I repartitioning my HD, install win xp
> and
> > FC5 in the same HD, first I install winxp and then
> > FC5, when finish installing FC5 and restart, grub
> > don't run at startup, and always win xp boot. I
> had
> > installed grub with default anaconda options,
> then, I
> > think that it's installed in /dev/hda (MBR). I
> boot
> > with FC5 installation CD 1 and start with linux
> rescue
> > option trying to install grup again, but, when i
> run
> > grup-install it say stage1 not read correctly.
> >
> > Finally, I can't make grub to run, and I can't
> start
> > FC5. Why it's happen and how I can fix it.
> >
> > Partition table
> >
> > partition 1: win xp installation - primary 15 GB
> > partition 2: /boot - primary 100 MB
> > partition 3: extended (10 GB NTFS, 3.2 GB /home, 3
> GB
> > /var, 800 MB swap, 5 GB /)
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> >
> >
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> In linux rescue (without partitions mounted) try
> setting the /boot
> partition with the boot flag, using fdisk.
> fdisk /dev/hda (type p to check if the boot flag is
> already set, if not:)
> a
> 2
> w
> -Dan
>
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