R: I need Help RedHat-Windows XP

[Rick Stevens]

Roberto wrote:
> Thank you very much for your reply.
> I've just tried the  commands you told me to use in the last part of you
> reply, but nothing seems to be changed.
> In fact windows xp crashes with a blue screen that say that Session Manager
> Initialization has stopped in un unattended way, and so the system has been
> closed.
> In these conditions I really can do nothing, I am not able to reinstall
> windows without erasing its partition and with that all my important data.
> It's for this reason I asked you for a way to recover and save my Windows
> files from Linux, that is now the only os I can start.
> Thank you again
> 
> Roberto, Italy
> robgenna at tiscali.it
> 
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] Per conto di Rick Stevens
> Inviato: venerdì 29 aprile 2005 22.56
> A: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Oggetto: Re: I need Help RedHat-Windows XP
> 
> Roberto wrote:
> 
>>Hi all. I’m new of this mailing list, and I am writing here because I 
>>really need Help.
>>
>>I’ve just installed my Red Hat Linux enterprise 4 in my pc, and I have a 
>>big problem. Before the installation I used Partition Magic to partition 
>>the hard disk in order to prepare it for the linux installation.
> 
> 
> That's unnecessary unless you used it to shrink the Windows partition to
> make room for Linux.  The easiest way is to install Windows first, but
> make sure that Windows doesn't suck up all of the disk space by doing
> a manual partition.  Leave the space NOT used by windows as "free" or
> "unassigned".
> 
> Once that's done, install Linux.  When you come to the boot loader
> screen, make sure you install the grub loader on the master boot record
> of the drive ("/dev/hda" or "/dev/sda")--NOT in the Linux partition 
> ("/dev/hda1" or "/dev/sda1").  grub will create a config file that
> allows you to boot either Linux or Windows (although the Windows boot
> will be called "Other" in the boot menu).
> 
> 
>>I used it with Windows XP and all seemed to be right.
>>
>>But after the easy installation of the Red Hat OS, I was no more able to 
>>use Windows! Actually every time  I start Windows Xp it says that 
>>something is missed and before the user selection, the system crash 
>>irremediably in a blue screen.
> 
> 
> You messed up the boot loader configuration of Linux.  The only way to
> save what you have is to boot Windows from the CD and restore the MBR
> for Windows.  You'll the ability to boot Linux, though.  To recover
> that, you need to boot your first Linux CD in recovery mode, then
> do these commands:
> 
> 	# chroot /mnt/sysimage
> 	# grub-install /dev/hda
> 	# exit
> 	# exit
> 
> That should install grub in the MBR of the first hard drive and restore
> your ability to boot both OSes.
> 
> In the future, install Windows first, but make sure you manually tell it
> to leave some of the disk free.  You can then install Linux and make
> sure you tell it to install the boot loader on the MBR of the first
> hard drive (not partition!).  Linux will take care of the rest.
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