On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 17:49, Matthew Gregan wrote:
> At 2004-07-15T13:44:03+1200, Nick Rout wrote:
>
> > it was grub stage 1 in MBR for sure, so i assume that meant that the
> > dos/w98 boot sector was in the first partition. Must do I suppose.
>
> Okay.
>
> > yes (thank goodness for being able to boot linux and look around )
>
> I thought they would be there, but that leaves me a little confused
> about why the stage 1 NT loader is complaining.
>
> My memory about the exact behaviour of the NT loader is a little hazy...
> I might try and replicate your configuration once I get home so that I
> can see what's happened.
>
> > err wots ARC? I know, google.
>
> Advanced RISC Computing {,Platform}. What does it have to do with x86?
> Don't ask. ;-) Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, NT once ran
> on other architectures (at least MIPS, Alpha, PowerPC--not counting the
> early N-10 development).
ok got it, its relevant to the hd partition description in boot.ini.
found via google ;-)
>
> > boot from cd i assume?
>
> Ah, actually, it's tricky in your situation. Rescue mode is usually
> initiated from the NT loader via a separate menu entry. I think you can
> boot the rescue console from the install CD, but it's been a while since
> I tried, so I can't recite the steps.
>
> If not, you'd need to boot a DOS floppy to do it.
>
yes you can get to a rescue system via the cd, it doesn't offer fdisk
/mbr, but there is a fixmbr and a fixboot (from memory). these "fix" the
mbr and the boot sector of a partition.
> > you do this from fdisk or similar do you? is that the same as it being
> > marked "boot" when I look at the partition table with linux's fdisk?
>
> Correct on both counts.
>
> > nothing in boot.ini for win98 that I can see. boot.ini says:
>
> > [boot loader]
> > timeout=1
> > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT
> > [operating systems]
> > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
> > Professional" /fastdetect (thats one line)
> > C:\ = "Microsoft Windows"
>
> The last "Microsoft Windows" entry is for Win98. The ARC path for Win2k
> also looks correct given the setup you've described.
>
> > Am I naive in assuming the format of this file is open and that i can
> > figure out how to include w98? (actually I am confused already over
> > their disk/partition naming scheme, that is without research!
>
> Not sure what you mean by open, but it's fairly well documented in the
> MS Knowledge Base, and you're free to edit it with a plain text editor
> if you need to.
>
I meant documented really. I have found some stuff.
I am looking towards issues with disk geometry after finding this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=255220
I get a funny message from (linux) fdisk about the number of cylinders
on the first drive being greater than 1024 (2491 I think). I note its
also set as LBA.
in fact after starting this email I checked the bios hard disk settings.
After noting the present details on the back of an envelope, I set it to
"auto" instead of "user" and sanity returned.
grub now gives me the option of gentoo or windows (as before). gentoo
works (as it always did). Windows gives me the ntldr with choices of win
2k or win98, both of which boot.
Thanks to all who posted!
> Cheers,
> -mjg
