Triple boot:XP,ubuntu&FC5 grub failed

[Jim Cornette]

Gayal wrote:
> I was using Win XP with FC5 and wanted to install Ubuntu as well.
> 
> So i deleted the FC5 partition (just for the fun of doing it) and 
> installed ubuntu straight from the live cd V6.10.
> And my laptop dual booted perfectly with XP.
> After that i installed FC5 and during the creation of boot loader i 
> added XP and Ubutu as well from there respective partitions.
> 
> But then triple boot failed.
> This is the message i get when selected ubuntu from Fedora Core 5 Grub Menu
> -----------------------------------
> 
> Booting 'ubuntu'
> rootnoverify (hd0,6)
> chainloadre +1
> 
> Error 13: Invalid or Unsupported executable format.
> Press any key to continue
> 
> so how can i fix this problem and tripple boot my laptop.
> 
> my file systems are as follows:
> XP - NTFS
> ubuntu - reiserfs
> FC5 - Ext3
> 
> -- 
> Gayal Rupasinghe
> SRI LANKA
> (SU-APIIT)
> User #396462 counter.li.org <http://counter.li.org>
> 

In the Ubuntu OS, you need to install its boot loader into the partition 
  that you have the ubuntu boot loader located in.

For example: I had to run grub-install /dev/hdb1 to chainload another 
installation from within the installation that had grub installed in 
that location, I don't know if it is a spelling difference such as 
British compared to US spelling, but chainloader +1 instead of 
chainlodre + 1 might be the problem with the setup.

There was also a problem related to reiserFS with grub in the past. I 
think that this factor should not matter. It might be solved already.

Jim


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