does that mean i'll have to re-install XP?? but i guess even that won't make
a difference becoz GRUB still won't recognize it. i want to keep the XP on
D: and Fedora on C: and want a dual boot.
the GRUB loader at the time of installation detected "other" OS as well
aashish> on hda5 and it was installed on MBR
aashish> 5. but during the boot on selecting the "other" it shows
aashish> rootnoverify(hd0,4)
aashish> chainloader +1
how can i make grub to boot XP on D:...
guys i need a solution asap
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल <wahjava.ml@
gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> aashish khanna writes:
> aashish> guys the situation is like this:
> aashish> 1. I had a XP installed on my C: but it got corrupted sometime
> back,but i
> aashish> needed some data on the desktop.
> aashish> 2. so i installed another XP on D:,thus having a option to boot
> from either
> aashish> of the two windows(one corrupt)
> aashish> 3. now i formatted C: and installed fedora core 6(suggested by
> a friend)
> aashish> 4. the GRUB loader at the time of installation detected "other"
> OS as well
> aashish> on hda5 and it was installed on MBR
> aashish> 5. but during the boot on selecting the "other" it shows
> aashish> rootnoverify(hd0,4)
> aashish> chainloader +1
>
> Although this is a mere guess, but to me it seems, when you installed
> XP, instead of installing a separate bootloader on D:, it used the
> existing bootloader on C: and created an entry in boot.ini to launch
> newly installed XP .
>
> And now, you wiped off your C: and installed Fedora Core 6, so you won't be
> able to boot into XP, without re{installing,covering}.
>
> aashish> help me out ,i NEED a dual boot else my sister will slit my
> throat
> aashish> thanx in advance
>
> Another thing you can do at the moment is ask someone from LUG for an F9
> CD/DVD and install that. After running F9, you'll realize that you did a
> good thing by wiping off that.
>
> HTH
> --
> Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल
> http://wahjava.wordpress.com/
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