On Saturday 16 August 2003 17:16, Davis wrote: > I am a newbie to linux, and this last week has been rough on me. All i want > GRUB to do is load Linux. Here's what's goin on: > > hda1 is XP 40gb NTFS > hdb1 is Linux 4.3gb EXT3 > > my grub.conf is standard stuff > default=0 > timeout=10 > splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8) > root (hd1,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=/dev/hdb1=/ hdc=ide-scsi > initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-8.img > title Windows XP > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > chainloader +1 > makeactive > *note i do NOT have a boot partition > > > my device map is nice looking, nothing wrong there| i've checked each file, > the grub.conf is pointing to the correct direction > > I've even done the dd if=/dev/hdb1 od=/mnt/floppy bs=512 count=1 thing. > When i select "Linux" from my Win XP load menu, all I get is GRUB _ and it > hangs, forever accessing the hard-drive. > > Many many sites I have found claim to have this to work, I sure as heck > can't get it to. Just playing around, I installed GRUB on my MBR and it > actually went a little further, it got to 1.5 then croaked on an error(knew > it would) > > If anyone has *any* ideas on a work around or anything to just get Windows > and Linux to boot without a boot disk(linux needs one currently) please > tell me. I'm willing to format linux, partition hard drives as needed, swap > drives, I just can't format my Windows(can't back-up the 20 gig of... > important files on my hd) > > Thanks for any help, > > Adam Davis
I was booting off a floppy for yonks. (If its any consolation, Red Hat boots off a floppy much quicker than Debian does :( But anyway, you could check your PC BIOS to see what it says for the hard drive type setting (Normal, Large or LBA) - Grub seems to prefer LBA. cr _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
