**************************************** * LUG meet on 12 Jan. 2003 @ VJTI **************************************** On Dec 15, 2002 at 13:27, aditya newalkar wrote:
> Now Windows would boot without problem >(fortunately) but it would not go to GNU/Linux at all! You did not install a boot loader, or did not configure your existing boot loader to boot linux. >would give message that some file in >/mnt/sysimage/usr/i386... is missing! I cannot make >head to tail of that message. It's missing. >quite common, while installing GRUB is I have not >labelled the Windows XP partition. Apart from that I That's easily fixed once you can boot into Linux. The opposite problem is not so easily fixed, as you have found out. >1) Why /boot partition is empty? It wasn't mounted? You said it mounted your "filesystem"at /mnt/sysimage. Which filesystem? >2) Why GRUB would not load? Because it wasn't installed. >3) What I need to do without going thru the hassels >of reinstallation? Boot by hook or crook into Linux single-user mode, and install a real boot loader. -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> I need a job! Perl, Apache, Linux, C. http://www-scf.usc.edu/~phanse/resume.pdf I don't care! Reboot that server! I have work to do! -- _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
