On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 22:13 -0700, Josh Coffman wrote: > > --- Jason Spatafore wrote: > > > >> I guess about the best news I could hear now is > > that > > >> the hal.dll problem is a simple fix in > > grub.conf; and > > >> that the fc5 repair disk will re-install grub > > for me. > > > > > > 1. Boot off your Windows CD and enter recovery > > console mode. > > 2. Use the following commands: fixboot > > fixmbr > > This is interesting... I didn't know about fixboot. > that may get me going in the right direction. Part of > the proble is that the bootsecto is on the secondary > drive while the system is on the primary. ---- I explained this last Tuesday ---- > > > 3. Boot back into your windows cd and start setup. > > At your first chance to "repair" windows, skip it > > and act like you're doing a new installation. > > Windows will now search for other windows > > installations...you can now select to REPAIR the > > previous installation. > > 4. Go through that repair process and all should be > > booting fine. (If you did this the first time > > through, your applications and settings should have > > been fine. This repair option will only delete the > > windows files and then re-copy them from the cdrom.) > > Yeah, I know about the system repair... It just didn't > give me that option. I was both annoyed and surprised > by this. ---- I have the impression that this is no longer an option on WinXP SP2 CD's - I also noticed that wasn't an option on one of those. ---- > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Jason Spatafore > > > > > So what are the odds that hal.dll will get corrupted > again if I try again? > > Also, I tried booting GParted live cd to see if I > could move some things around but it didn't see the > SATA drive. Well, not automagically anyway. ---- I think that doing it GUI way isn't gonna be all that effective. I thought that you might be able to work things through using the dd commands that I outlined. Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss