Re: Issue using Grub with WinXP

[Molle Bestefich]

> Few days before, I installed Grub as my boot loader, which I loaded to
> the MBR. The installation was done with anaconda, after which the boot
> process used to get stuck at "GRUB Loading Stage 2" message.

Out of interest, why did this happen?

> But, when I select WinXP for booting into, it just comes back to the Grub
> menu screen again.
> 
> I have one harddisk, which is 40GB in size.
> 
> Device         Boot    Start    End        Blocks        Id        System
> /dev/hda1      *        1        1275    10241406    c        Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda2              1276    4864    28828642+    f        Win95 Ext'd
> /dev/hda5              1276    3825    20482843+    7        HPFS / NTFS
> /dev/hda6              3826    4798    7815591        83        Linux
> /dev/hda7              4799    4863    522081        82        Linux swap

> FileName : /boot/grub/grub.conf
> title    Windows XP
>         rootnoverify (hd0,0)

1. The ACTIVE flag indicates that your Windows should boot from /dev/hda1.
   But are you completely sure that your Windows installation is not
on /dev/hda5, eg. rootnoverify should point to (hd0,4)?

2. Try booting from your XP cd, choose to start the Recovery Console
and try "FIXBOOT C:" or whatever.