tomenglish2000

IT WORKS!!!!!!!. The device map says that /dev/sda as (hd1) so i recheck grub.conf and then read all the way through that HUGE article. In the article i noticed that the author says that there should be a space between my "map (hd0)(hd1)" so i change it to "map (hd0) (hd1)". I do this on both map lines. I change "rootnoverify" to "root" as the article suggests and also enter the "makeactive" line. My grub.conf now reads like this: # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdc1 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hdc default=1 timeout=8 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img title Microsoft Windows XP Pro root (hd1,0) map (hd1) (hd0) map (hd0) (hd1) makeactive chainloader +1 As for the motherboard i was using it is an ABIT AV8. It has a SATA controller on board, but i dont use RAID as I have only connected one HD to it. Who would have thought that a couple of spaces would cause so much trouble. I must pay more attention to SYNTAX in the future!!

The unrecognised format/file system type error thing i mentioned actually appeared as this in grub: Error 13: Invalid or Unsupported executable format. And swapping (ie map (hd0)(hd1)) doesnt make a difference.

Hello people. Used dmesg and fdisk -l to gather drive information. Both report my sata as sda (with partition sda1 (where windows is) using system sfs) and a second partition sda2 (that little 8Mb partition that windows doesnt format). Tried these in grub.conf and no luck Using the command line in grub and the geometry command i get the following: hd0 = linux harddrive hd1 = Windows harddrive (SATA) hd2 = further drive so i tried pointing Grub to hd1. no use! i got an unrecognised format/file system type error! (Could this mean that GRUB cant boot from NTFS?) then i did hd1,0 hd1,1 and hd1,2 (also all no use!) I am going to try the Grub map (hd0)(hd1) line now!

Tried (sa1,0) and no luck Dont have a clue!

Just fiqured out that the root username is root and so thought i would post my grub.conf here. # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdc1 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hdc default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img title Microsoft Windows XP Pro rootnoverify (hd2,0) chainloader +1 title Other rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 As you can see XP Pro is pointing to hd2,0 (but i think it should be sa1 (would the MBR be sa1,0)? What do you make of it all?

I believe that when i was installing fedora i pointed Grub to windows at a harddrive with an s in it, (sa1 or something i believe) I also dont know how to login as root, tried to login as su but it wont work. I cant change menu.list as a normal user!

Just thought, had Mandrake 10.0 previosly and it boot loader (LILO I think) had no trouble booting either

Hi, hope you lot can help me fix this. My trouble is that I have XP Pro installed on my SATA drive, MBR is as XP installed. If i choose (in BIOS) to boot straight from SATA then XP works. I also have Fedora 3 in a seperate disc (normal ATA) and can boot linux if i choose to boot straight to this drive too. I installed GRUB onto the ATA disc with Fedora, and told the BIOS to boot from the ATA. During installation i told GRUB where windows was and set it to the default boot option. Now when i boot i get grub, can select Fedora and boot it, but if i choose Windows it fails to boot. Anyway i can point GRUB to Windows?