Re: re[2]: can linux save my life again?

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Author: Josh Coffman
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Subject: Re: re[2]: can linux save my life again?


--- 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 <enter>
> fixmbr <enter>


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.

> 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.

>
>
> 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.

thanks
-j






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