GRUB will not be overwritten

Krzysztof Kujawski krzysiek-kujawski at wp.pl
Sat Jan 29 10:06:04 UTC 2005


I have solved problems.

Using windows 2000 recovery console
fixboot
chdsk
fixmbr

and using FC rescue CD
chroot /mnt/sysimage

/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda

Thanks

Paul Howarth wrote:

> Krzysztof Kujawski wrote:
>
>> I am in Fedora Core.
>> I can't come into  windows bootloader.
>> Grub gives me possibilities:
>> FC3
>> FC
>> Other - default
>>
>> and when it come in other it display other again.
>> I think I overwrite my hda1 where maybe windows boot loader was.
>> I send picture of disk partitions.
>> Hda1 - windows old
>> hda7 - windows that I've reinstalled and GRUB the disapeared.
>> hda3 - linux
>>
>> I think I should now reinstall windows on hda1
>> and then apply /sbin/grub-install  /dev/hda
>>
>> I send also GRUB files.
>> Maybe it is problem of configurations.
>
>
> menu.lst and grub.conf are the same because one is a symlink to the 
> other.
>
> device.map looks fine.
>
> I think your diagnosis about having overwritten hda1 with grub is 
> correct. That would cause your grub.conf "Other" entry, which runs the 
> bootloader on hda1, to restart grub.
>
> If you boot Windows from CD and use the recovery console, you may be 
> able to use the "fixboot" command to fix the bootloader. Have a look 
> at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654
>
> Paul.
>
>





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