No apologies - some of us just learned something about grub.
George
Ryan Krostue wrote:
>
> Patrick's suggestions got me thinking... what I ended up doing to fix the
> problem was, I added:
>
> title = Windows
> root = (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> to the /boot/grub/menu.lst.
>
> My windows installation is still there and boots up fine.
>
> My apologies for bothering the list with this newbie goof-up :)
>
> Ryan
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Ryan Krostue" <rkrostue@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Help - accidently erased windows drive!
> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 19:58:23 -0700
>
> Hi - I have found out some more info...
>
> This is what the 'mount' command shows:
> /dev/hdb2 on / type ext3 (rw)
> none on /proc type proc (rw)
> usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb/type usbdevfs (rw)
> /dev/hdb1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
> none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw, gid=5,mode=620)
> none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
>
> Drive 1 - is still NTFS, and Windows XP is still on it, in some form. I just
> can't get it to load. If I go into Windows recovery console, I can view all
> the files etc on the drive.
>
> Drive 2 - RedHat 7.2. When I book up, it loads GRUB. The only option is Red
> Hat.
>
> So from what I can tell, windows is still intact, but the boot program on
> Drive 1 is telling Linux on Drive 2 to load and not give an option to load
> windows. I have disconnected Drive 2 and all the happens is it says "GRUB"
> and that is all.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
>
> Ryan
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Patrick Fleming EA <pfleming@infomagic.net>
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Subject: Re: Help - accidently erased windows drive!
> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 19:08:33 -0700 (MST)
>
> Ok,
> First, I would boot into the Linux system. Run 'mount' to see which
> partitions are being mounted. If Windows was on disk one then that would
> be /dev/hda and the second disk would be (depending upon how many
> ide drives total there, including cdrom, cd burner, LS120 drive, Zip
> drive, etc.) /dev/hdb, /dev/hdc, or /dev/hdd. If the partitions that are
> mounted are all on hda, then you are probably hosed... however if not then
> you may be able to configure the boot program to look for the other
> operating system. It would be helpful to know the operating system and
> version in order to help further- also which boot loader is being used.
>
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Ryan Krostue wrote:
>
> > So on my first day of Linux...
> >
> > I have a system with 2 hard drives. Windows was on hard drive 1, and
> drive
> > 2 was blank for use with Red Hat. I went thru the entire setup, and
> thought
> > I selected to install Red Hat on Drive 2, and leave Drive 1 alone.
> >
> > Well... after install and the OS chooser list comes up, Red Hat is the
> only
> > thing there. I can't even seem to boot from the Win 2000 CD now.
> >
> > Any suggestions? I need to have this be a dual-boot machine.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ryan
> >
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