quote: Original post by Useless Hacker
If you are using Grub, add the following to the /boot/grub/menu.lst file:

title Windowsrootnoverify (hd0,0)chainloader +1   

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/index.html

Yes I have that in my grub.conf file.

Sorry I wasn't more specific, I was in a hurry. Ok, I am using GRUB. And when I try to boot to windows it says:

Booting 'Windows'
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
_ <--- Blinking curser, it does not do anything after that

EDIT: I got the grub.conf file.
Here it is:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda6
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi rhgb
initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1


[edited by - HTML on December 8, 2003 8:14:41 PM]

What version of Windows are you using?

You could try running

makeactive (hd0,0) 

from the GRUB command-line.

Running win 98. Hmm, this isnt good..I just put makeactive under that and now neither of the 2 boot..

How do I erase makeactive from the grub.conf from the terminal since it does not let me into gnome or anything else?


EDIT:
I tried using knoppix to change it, but it said it was locked and I couldn't access it unless I was root, but I do not know how to become root on knoppix...

[edited by - HTML on December 8, 2003 8:58:22 PM]

quote:
but I do not know how to become root on knoppix

sudo <command>

I got Fedora working again, so I am back to square one. I think Partition Magic 8 messed up windows boot.ini file or deleted it because it no longer has it in c:.

The only thing I can think of doing now is, reinstalling windows since my grub.conf file is fine. Would that work?

EDIT: When I boot from a 98setup floppy it goes all the way to where it says starting your computer, then it says A:\ or something like that.

So I go to my cd drive that has the 98 disk in it and type setup.exe. So it says it is going to scan the registry to continue and to push enter.

I push enter.

It says scanning registry...
Please wait one moment.

Then it stops on the next word, so it would be like
Windo
It just sits there and does nothing, what is the problem with it?
Sorry if I did a bad job explaining it but it seems hard to explain...

Thanks

[edited by - HTML on December 8, 2003 9:58:05 PM]

Anyway to fix the unfinished word problem? Oh and can you make a boot disk for win98 on linux?

do fdisk /mbr from a windows boot disk.

quote: Original post by owl
do fdisk /mbr from a windows boot disk.

What will that do? I don''t want to format.

Ok, give this a try....

in your grub.conf file, change the line
"rootnoverify (hd0,0)" to
"root (hd0,0)"
That's in the Windows section of course...

Let me know how that works out for you...



Michael Rhodes
Tiger Studios Entertainment
http://www.tigerstudios.net

[edited by - mrhodes on December 8, 2003 10:41:34 PM]