I have a Dell Optiplex 170L desktop machine, set to dual-boot Sid and WinXP, using grub.
As long as I boot into Debian, no problem, but if I boot into Windows, the next time I reboot, grub just goes into an infinite loop of rebooting. I briefly see a mention of grub stage 1.5, then reboot. I can fix the problem by booting of a Kanotix LiveCD; that's not the problem. The problem is that once I boot back into Windows, the corruption returns. I found the same problem on an Ubuntu forum (http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-23519.html); his solution was to give up on grub and use Windows XP's boot loader. I've thought about switching to lilo, but thought I'd ask you folks first. I suspect it may have to do with the extra partition at the front of the drive that Dell uses for its diagnostic utilities, but that's just a guess out of ignorance. Any ideas? Thanks! -- Kent West Technology Support /A/bilene /C/hristian /U/niversity -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
