F7-x86-64 Stopped Booting - GRUB Issue

[Karl Larsen]

Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 18:28 -0400, Jacques B. wrote:
>   
>> <snip> if that is the case, the
>>     
>>> problem is in your windows boot.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>         Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>>>       
>> Raymond,
>>
>> Are you getting the grub prompt right away, or after selecting it from
>> the Windows boot loader menu?  If you are getting it right away, then
>> it would appear that grub has replaced your Windows boot loader (which
>> is not such a bad thing in the end).  I suspect that is not the case
>> as you have not indicated that you cannot boot into your Windows
>> partition, just your Linux one.
>>
>> If the Windows boot loader is coming up and allowing you to boot into
>> Windows no problem, but when selecting to boot into Linux you get the
>> grub prompt, then again the problem lies with grub configuration and
>> your Windows boot loader IS working properly from the looks of it
>> contrary to what Karl is suggesting.
>>
>> It is important to know how your system is booting and where it is
>> failing.  Any advice without knowing this is potentially erroneous
>> advice because it may be faulting the wrong thing.
>>     
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> Since when will that stop Karl?
>
>   
Please read back in this thread. If you have something to add then add 
it. I asked that he check his real grub.conf and see if that is right 
for a secondary boot. If that is right then the problem IS in the 
windows boot setup. He can boot windows it appears.




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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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