Re: How Do I load XP from grub text mode.

[Marco Gerards]

Vikram Garg <address@hidden> writes:

> I have partitioned my hard drive so as to have 2
> O.Ss(Linux and 
> XP).Everything was fine for 5 days but yesterday I
> used Partition Magic to 
> create one more partition for separate virtual memory.
> It completed the 
> process but then said something is illegal and
> rebooted. This time GRUB 
> instead of showing a multiple choice of O.Ss just
> shows a command prompt 
> grub >. Now I know that I have to load the kernel
> files for Linux and 
> WinXP through GRUB and then boot. But I dont know the
> commands for 
> loading the kernels of Linux and XP. Can I ever get
> Grub back in the GUI mode again without reinstalling.

Sure.  You will have to boot into GNU/Linux and restore GRUB there.
In the online manual you can find how to boot your system:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/

You will need the "kernel" command and perhaps the "initrd" command.

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Marco