dude i tried all the combinations but it shows something like device not found... so i guess i'll try mehul's method... but am still curious what all went wrong and Why after changing grub's menu list nothing s happening
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:30 AM, aashish khanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sahil..how do i find out where does my window reside???? > it shud be either hda 4 or 5 > i ll try both the devices... > > and how do i reinstall gub later on > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Sahil Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:22 PM, aashish khanna < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > guys the situation is like this: >> > 1. I had a XP installed on my C: but it got corrupted sometime back,but >> i >> > needed some data on the desktop. >> > 2. so i installed another XP on D:,thus having a option to boot from >> either >> > of the two windows(one corrupt) >> > 3. now i formatted C: and installed fedora core 6(suggested by a friend) >> > 4. the GRUB loader at the time of installation detected "other" OS as >> well >> > on hda5 and it was installed on MBR >> > 5. but during the boot on selecting the "other" it shows >> > rootnoverify(hd0,4) >> > chainloader +1 >> > >> >> >> are you sure that your windows(d) resides on (hd0,4)..? >> if yes, then check the entry for it in /boot/grub/menu.lst to see if >> the lines makeactive and savedefault are also present..! >> >> it shud be like this: >> >> title win xp >> rootnoverify (hd0,4) >> savedefault >> makeactive >> chainloader +1 >> >> also try changing rootnoverfiy to just root.. >> >> if still the problem persists, then the method posted by Mehul should >> work, >> after which you'll need to re-install GRUB. >> >> >> >> -- >> Sahil >> >> MCA(SE) >> USIT >> GGSIPU, Kashmere Gate >> Delhi >> _______________________________________________ >> ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] >> http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd >> Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 >> Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
