Re: (no subject)

[Andreas L. Gustafsson]

Ilguiz,

I sure hope your memory is correct!!!

If what you remember is true, then the windows boot loader is still
there. I sure hope it is! I have gotten some odd messages out of GRUB
while booting.

Now I have actually tried:

title           Windows
root            (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader     +1

Which should work since my C disk is my primary master.

But when I try to do a 'boot', GRUB just complains again.
I have installed the lines above on my boot floppy which now works for
Linux, but if I choose the Windows boot, it just loads something and then
says "Hard Disk Error". Strange and really annoying!!

When I, certain my Linux boot worked, tried to install GRUB on the (hd0) I
got the same response. It loaded Stage1.5 and then complained about "Hard
Disk Error".

I did a FDISK /MBR from my DOS rescue disk and tried again and to my big
surprise GRUB stage1.5 still loads!!! all that happens is that I get
thrown back into the grub shell.

Shouldn't FDISK /MBR get rid of GRUB and start the Windows bootloader
instead??

I'm really afraid now that my C disk is unbootable!! What do I do when
FDISK /MBR doesn't work? IS stage1.5 still there, then it must be possible
to get rid of, mustn't it?

/Andreas


> Andreas,
> 
> Check out 
>     http://www.gnu.org/manual/grub-0.90/html_node/grub_15.html
> 
> Apparently, the Windows loader is located at the start of partition.
> Partition can begin only from cylinder boundary if my DOS time memories
> serve me.  The slack space between MBR and the next cylinder gives room to
> GRUB or LILO.
> 
> Ilguiz
> 
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Andreas L. Gustafsson wrote:
> 
> > "While Stage 2 cannot generally be embedded in a fixed area as the size
> > is so large, Stage1.5 can be installed into the area right after a MBR"
> > 
> > That area once contained my boot loader from Windows if I'm not
> > entiredly mistaken!!!! 
> 
> 

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