Re: HELP- Grub problem, I can't load WInXP SOLVED

2005-09-27 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Andy wrote: > > On Tuesday 27 September 2005 12:42, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > > Since your WinXP on /dev/hda1 is a FAT32 partition, one thing that might > > work is to use the backup boot sector that is kept on FAT32 file systems > > to restore the WinXP boot sector on /dev/hda1. > > > > dd if=/dev/hda

Re: HELP- Grub problem, I can't load WInXP SOLVED

2005-09-27 Thread Andy
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 12:42, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > Since your WinXP on /dev/hda1 is a FAT32 partition, one thing that might > work is to use the backup boot sector that is kept on FAT32 file systems > to restore the WinXP boot sector on /dev/hda1. > > dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count

Re: HELP- Grub problem, I can't load WInXP

2005-09-26 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Andy wrote: > > On Monday 26 September 2005 3:17, Dennis Stosberg wrote: > > Windows XP is on /dev/hda, which is (hd0,0) in GRUB's notation. So, > > if you install the GRUB boot sector into /dev/hda1, you overwrite > > Windows XP's boot sector in that partition. That means you won't be > > able

Re: HELP- Grub problem, I can't load WInXP

2005-09-26 Thread Andy
On Monday 26 September 2005 3:19, Roby wrote: > Add the hide/unhide commands shown below: > > title Windows NT/2000/XP > > hide (hd0,4) > unhide (hd0,0) > > > root(hd0,0) > > savedefault > > makeactive > > chainloader +1 > > > > title Windows 95/98/Me > > hide

Re: HELP- Grub problem, I can't load WInXP

2005-09-26 Thread Andy
On Monday 26 September 2005 3:17, Dennis Stosberg wrote: > Windows XP is on /dev/hda, which is (hd0,0) in GRUB's notation. So, > if you install the GRUB boot sector into /dev/hda1, you overwrite > Windows XP's boot sector in that partition. That means you won't be > able to boot Windows XP at all

Re: HELP- Grub problem, I can't load WInXP

2005-09-26 Thread Roby
Add the hide/unhide commands shown below: > title Windows NT/2000/XP hide (hd0,4) unhide (hd0,0) > root(hd0,0) > savedefault > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > title Windows 95/98/Me hide (hd0,0) unhide (hd0,4) > root(hd0,4) > savedefault > makea

Re: HELP- Grub problem, I can't load WInXP

2005-09-26 Thread Dennis Stosberg
Am 26.09.2005 um 14:17 schrieb Andy: > Anyway, here is the deal: > I have a few drives, one with win98 (don't ask!), one with win xp, and one > with Debian Sid. I had grub happily booting everything until recently when > WinXP experienced some HDD corruption and I had to do a repair. Obviously,

HELP- Grub problem, I can't load WInXP

2005-09-26 Thread Andy
I'm sure that to many people on this list, not being able to run WinXP would be considered a good thing (TM), but trust me, I have lots of important reasons for needing it :) Anyway, here is the deal: I have a few drives, one with win98 (don't ask!), one with win xp, and one with Debian Sid. I