On Friday 16 December 2005 1:00 pm, Lovell Mcilwain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will try this when I get home since my linux machine is not in front > of me at the moment. When I run fdisk -l I get the following output: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 2 3569 28659960 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda2 3570 3700 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/hda3 * 3701 7295 28876837+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda5 2 3569 28659928+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > > I did install windows first since I can't get past the problem of grub > being erased or not functioning if I install windows after linux. If > I could ever get that to work I would have simply just reinstalled it > since I don't use windows that much.
If you install Windows after Linux and lose the ability to boot Linux, try this: boot from the original install media with the "rescue" option (most of the time you can simply type "rescue" at the "boot:" prompt), follow the prompts to "repair" your system until the filesystems are mounted, switch to console #2 (ALT-F2) and execute "mount" and/or "df" to find out which partitions are mounted and where, use the "chroot" command and specify the mount point of the root filesystem on the hard drive (such as "chroot /mnt"), make sure you have access to the boot partition by mounting it (if you're installation did not include a separate partition for boot, this command will produce an error -- just ignore it): "mount /boot" and last, re-install GRUB with the command "grub-install /dev/hda" (change the disk to correspond with the drive where GRUB should be installed -- this example uses the Master Boot Record -- or choose a partition, in which case the partition must be made "active" under DOS/Windoze in order to load GRUB). You can now unmount /boot (if necessary), and "exit" the chroot command. Then reboot your system -- CTRL-ALT-DEL is probably easiest -- and GRUB should regain control. > My assumption from what your telling me and what my output is, is that > my grub entry is correct since it has (hd0,4). If that is the case can > you tell me what my other options are? I don't mind wiping my windows > partition but my linux partition (as it should be) is my most important > so having to rebuild that just to reinstall windows wouldn't be worth it :) Your GRUB entry looks fine. I'd bet that one of the Windoze files are missing, such as NTLDR or similar. Good luck. -- Frank J. Edwards Edwards & Edwards Consulting, LLC Voice: (813) 996-7954 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Large Attachments To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
