Glorioso

Hey Id just like to thank people again for helping me before and I have been happy with linux for a few days setting up Yum and java and installing programs. But I have entered a problem GRUB is now booting into text mode and since I am a linux newbie I dont know what to do I dont even know how I did it. It says: " GNU GRUB version 0.95 (639k lower / 261056k upper memory) [minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possbile command compelations. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible complialtion of a device/filename] grub> " Now I dont know what to do. I have fixed the mbr where the GRUB record was so it will boot straight into Windows now. I would appreciate help because I have only been using linux for a few days and love it please dont keep me away any longer . p.s Here are the commands it brough up when I pressed TAB: background blocklist boot cat chainloader clear cmp color configfile debug displayapm displaymem embed find foreground fstest geomety halt help hide impsprobe initrd install ioprobe kernel lock makeactive map md5 crypt module modulenounzip pager partnew parttype password pause read reboot root rootnoverity savedefault serial setkey setup splashimage terminal terminfo testload testvbe unhide uppermem vbcprobe I hope that helps thanx again Glorioso

Well I did all the things above and it didnt work but then I decided to reinstall and I added a extra option to the bootloader and now for some reason it works. Thanks for all you help guys im on FC4 now .

Yeah I tried that already. It said something like your device are fdo hdo or something along those lines. just to note I dont have it on cds I have it on 1 dvd

Well its actually loading GRUB but now it says "GRUB loading Stage 1.5 GRUB loading, please wait... internal error : the second sector of Stage 2 is unknown"

Well mine doesnt show no sign of grub it says grub in plain text then a space then flashing _ like its loading then nothing happens. Mrapp whats your msn ?

hey thanx for replying I was kinda left without a pot to piss in because no one I know uses linux they're all the "theres another OS that isnt windows!?!? type 1. Proccesor: AMD Duron, 803MHz RAM: 256mbs Motherboard Model: Micro-star MS-6330 chippset: VIA VT8363a KT133A Monitor: tatung Graphics card: Radeon 8500 series Sound card: VIA AC'97 Audio Drives: liton dvdrw, creative cd Hard drive: 150GB This is not a dell PC this is a PC that I built myself (As you can see I have rather limited funds ). I have succesfully burnt and run a live distro of kubunto with this pc which worked perfectly. 2. Yeah I just used the fedora core 4 partitioning utility im pretty sure that when i let it set up the partitions automatically it set a boot partition. But ive just gone to check recently and im dont think I can find one called \boot but im pretty sure there was one originally maybe when I fixed the MBR using windows recovery cd it got rid of it. 3. I didnt defrag the windows partition so that may be the problem. 4. I Picked Fedora to boot first [Edited by Glorioso on 2005-07-24 06:21:40]

Hi Im new to this forum and new to linux (dont cringe yet k?). Well anyway I have tried a few times to install fedora core 4 to a system with win XP previously put on the same hard drive but both end up with the same problem. What the problem is, is that when I start the PC up everything seems fine then its says GRUB with a flashing _ like its loading but then nothing happens and I cant access any OS's. So I went to my windows CD and fixed the MBR and now windows boots. So I tryed again later I removed the linux partitions and let fedora set it up automatically by this time I thought that Id maybe left something crucial out before and by this way it would work but alas the same problem. I still have linux sat on my hard drive not doing anything. Id really like to join the world of linux and would appreciate any help I could get. Thanx for your time Tom p.s Ive looked at http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/dual_boot_fedora_xp_4.php and I think that I followed pretty much all the instructions on here.