Gustin Johnson wrote: >I don't see an entry for windows in here. This is probably not the >correct menu.list file. Chances are one of your other distros set the >grub options. Did you delete one of the other distros (was it Mepis?). > > >On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 18:55 -0600, Michael Walters wrote: > > >>Mel Broadhurst wrote: >> >> >> >>>Michael Walters wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hello All, >>>> >>>>I did a reboot and selected windows 95/98/Me and got the following: >>>> >>>>Booting 'Windows 95/98/Me on hd1,0' >>>> >>>>Rootverify(hd1,0) >>>>Chainloader +1 >>>> >>>>GRUB loading, please wait... >>>>Error 25 >>>> >>>>I have forgotten where the menu.lst file is. >>>> >>>>Here is the mtab file: >>>> >>>>/dev/hda1 / reiserfs rw 0 0 >>>>proc /proc proc rw 0 0 >>>>sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 >>>>devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 >>>>tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 >>>>usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,devmode=0660,devgid=432 0 0 >>>>none /dev tmpfs rw,size=10M,mode=0755 0 0 >>>>none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0 >>>> >>>>Any help is appreciated in advance. >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>> >>>>Michael Walters >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Michae >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Menu.lst is at /boot/grub/menu.lst >>>You will need to be root to edit. >>>Regards >>>Mel Broadhurst >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>l; >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>clug-talk mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>>Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>>**Please remove these lines when replying >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Hello Mel Broadhurst and all, >> >>Here is my menu.lst: >> >># menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) >># grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), >># grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub >># and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/. >> >>## default num >># Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from >>0, and >># the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. >># >># You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default >>entry >># is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. >>default 0 >> >>## timeout sec >># Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the >>default entry >># (normally the first entry defined). >>timeout 10 >> >># Pretty colours >>color cyan/blue white/blue >># the below two colors are used if a splashimage is found >>foreground bbbbbb >>background 000000 >> >>## password ['--md5'] passwd >># If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive >>editing >># control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the >># command 'lock' >># e.g. password topsecret >># password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ >># password topsecret >> >># >># examples >># >># title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 >># root (hd0,0) >># makeactive >># chainloader +1 >># >># title Linux >># root (hd0,1) >># kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro >># >> >># >># Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST >> >>### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST >>## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified >>## by the debian update-grub script except for the default optons below >> >>## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs >> >>## ## Start Default Options ## >>## default kernel options >>## default kernel options for automagic boot options >>## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z >>## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. >>## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro >># kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro >> >>## default grub root device >>## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) >># groot=(hd0,0) >> >>## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options >>## e.g. alternative=true >>## alternative=false >># alternative=true >> >>## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options >>## e.g. lockalternative=true >>## lockalternative=false >># lockalternative=false >> >>## altoption boot targets option >>## multiple altoptions lines are allowed >>## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options >>## altoptions=(single user mode) single >># altoptions=(single user mode) single >> >>## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst >>## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the >>## alternative kernel options >>## e.g. howmany=all >>## howmany=7 >># howmany=all >> >>## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option >>## e.g. memtest86=true >>## memtest86=false >># memtest86=true >> >>## ## End Default Options ## >> >>splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz >> >>title Libranet GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11-ln.std >>root (hd0,0) >>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-ln.std root=/dev/hda1 ro >>initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.11-ln.std >>savedefault >>boot >> >>title Libranet GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.11-ln.std (single user mode) >>root (hd0,0) >>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-ln.std root=/dev/hda1 ro single >>initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.11-ln.std >>savedefault >>boot >> >>### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST >>And yes, Mel Broadhurst and others, I know I must be root to edit this >>file. But I am not going to edit this file until I know what to change. >> >>And people say to try rootverify. I am confused. Did the grub bootloader >>not try to do rootverify when I booted? >> >>Regards, >> >>Michael Walters >> >>______________________________________________ >> >>
Hell Gustin, Yes, it does seem to be that this menu.lst does not have the windows boot option. I will go to my menu.lst and put in the windows boot option that needs to be there. What I thought was the windows boot option seems to be commented out. Regards, Michael _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
