fc6 / windows xp dual-boot system

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 11/30/06, Don Raikes <don.raikes at oracle.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a gateway computer which had windows xp installed on the second partition. The first aprtition was a "recovery" image for xp.
> I had 100gb of free space on the drive and installed fc6 onto that.
>
> My grub.conf lists the windows partition, but when I try to boot to the windows system, the pc just hangs.
>
> --- grub.conf ---
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
> #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
> #          root (hd0,2)
> #          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda3
> #          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/sda
> default=1
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6)
>         root (hd0,2)
>         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img
> title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen)
>         root (hd0,2)
>         kernel /boot/xen.gz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>         module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>         module /boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen.img
> title Windows XP
>         rootnoverify (hd0,1)
>         chainloader +1
>
> -- end of grub.conf --
>
> -- partition table --
> Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
> Using /dev/sda
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
>
> Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
>  2      32.3kB  5840MB  5840MB  primary   fat32
>  1      5840MB  144GB   138GB   primary   ntfs         boot
>  3      144GB   244GB   99.6GB  primary   ext3
>  4      244GB   250GB   6185MB  extended
>  5      244GB   250GB   6078MB  logical   linux-swap
>
> -- end of partition table --
>
>
> any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Don Raikes, Accessibility Specialist
> 4848 W. Rosebay S.
> Tucson, AZ 85742
> Home office: (520) 579-9481
> AIM: dnraikes
>
>
>
Try playing around with the last parm of rootnoverify (hd0,1)

try numbers 0 - 5

It is non destructive I believe.

If that does work, you may want to post your boot.ini from Windows.

Good luck.

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