Install of FC4T3 fails to update MBR in Windows dual boot env.

[Srihari Vijayaraghavan]

--- akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 02:17:04PM +1000, Srihari

When I booted in rescue mode and execute grub-install
/dev/hdc (or hdd), it prints this error message (and
return exit code 1):

/dev/hdd7 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.

I presume anaconda must have encountered the same
problem, though it said 'all is well' :-).

(Quick googling does not reveal an easy fix.)

> Well first we did exactly the same thing and it
> worked with Linux and
> Windows both booting. I would agree we need toi be
> sure that the grub
> was installed on the right drive:
> In any case at this point you can use the rescue
> disk to install grub
> in the MBR. 
> 
> Just in case the process is as follows:
> Boot the rescue disk and at some point it will
> identify you linux and
> mount it on /mnt/sysimage. Then run a : chroot
> /mnt/sysimage
> Check on your /boot/grub/grub.conf to see if it is
> correct. Both the
> linux and Windows can be booted from the grub you
> will install in MBR.
> Then to do the installation you can do it one of two
> ways:
> 1. grub-install /dev/hda
> 
> 2. The series of commands:
> grub
> grub> root (hd0,4)   <---  the 4 must be changed if
> your linuxis on a
> 				different partition.
> grub> setup (hd0)
> grub> quit
> Although the first option is easier to type the
> second works more
> consistently. If you don't know how to set up
> windows in grub it is
> with the lines:
> title windows
>         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>        chainloader +1

OK. We shall give that a go.
 

Thanks
Hari

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