On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 21:58:34 -0400
Jonathan Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have the following partitions:
> hda5 - /boot
> hda6 - /
> hda1 - a FAT partition for Windows 98
> hda2 - an extended partition, I assume connected to the Windows installation
>
> When I installed Gentoo and configured Grub, I did:
>
> root (hd0,4)
> setup (hd0)
>
> and copied an old grub.conf that seems to be correct. Now Linux boots fine,
> but selecting Windows hangs. Presumably I installed the MBR in the wrong
> place and overwrote the Windows loader? Someone on #gentoo suggested I boot
> with the Windows boot disk and do an fdisk /mbr. That stopped bootup from
> finding grub, but Windows hung at the same place.
>
> Any suggestions on how to fix this, given these tools: the Windows 98 SE CD
> and the boot disk generated by the Windows installer?
>
> (This is veering off into Windows question territory but, since I'm writing
> -- is there a way to download or otherwise obtain the a copy of the original
> boot floppy for the Windows box set?)
>
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Well, the dumbest possible solution is to reinstall windows. That should work.
Can you
tell me where it hangs? Does it print anything on the screen?
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