fc6 / windows xp dual-boot system
Hadders
fedora at workingwithit.com
Thu Nov 30 03:40:41 UTC 2006
Don Raikes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a gateway computer which had windows xp installed on the second partition. The first aprtition was a "recovery" image for xp.
> I had 100gb of free space on the drive and installed fc6 onto that.
>
> My grub.conf lists the windows partition, but when I try to boot to the windows system, the pc just hangs.
>
> --- grub.conf ---
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
> # root (hd0,2)
> # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda3
> # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/sda
> default=1
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6)
> root (hd0,2)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img
> title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen)
> root (hd0,2)
> kernel /boot/xen.gz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
> module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> module /boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen.img
> title Windows XP
> rootnoverify (hd0,1)
> chainloader +1
>
> -- end of grub.conf --
>
> -- partition table --
> Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
> Using /dev/sda
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
>
> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
> 2 32.3kB 5840MB 5840MB primary fat32
> 1 5840MB 144GB 138GB primary ntfs boot
> 3 144GB 244GB 99.6GB primary ext3
> 4 244GB 250GB 6185MB extended
> 5 244GB 250GB 6078MB logical linux-swap
>
> -- end of partition table --
>
>
> any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Don Raikes, Accessibility Specialist
> 4848 W. Rosebay S.
> Tucson, AZ 85742
> Home office: (520) 579-9481
> AIM: dnraikes
>
>
>
>
What does fdisk -l /dev/sda say instead of parted?
Jim Cornette may be on to something with the make active, I do notice
though that your ntfs part is marked as boot....
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