I'm sure everyone is sick of these questions, but I am not sure what I am doing wrong after searching through the forums.
I have 2 80 gig hard disks with the following fdisk -l info
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Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytesDevice Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hda1 * 1 3187 25599546 7 HPFS/NTFS/dev/hda2 3188 9725 52516485 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)/dev/hda3 9726 9726 8032+ 8e Linux LVM/dev/hda5 3188 9725 52516453+ 7 HPFS/NTFSDisk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytesDevice Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hdb1 1 3187 25599546 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)/dev/hdb2 * 3188 3200 104422+ 83 Linux/dev/hdb3 3201 9729 52444192+ 8e Linux LVM
Grub is installed to hdb2.
After booting up I have run linux rescue to add fedora to ntloader. When I run dd I use this command:
dd if=/dev/hdb2 of=fedora.bin bs=512 count=1
I then copy that to my fat partition hdb1.
This is done by making a directory in /mnt/bootData: my mnt command is:
mnt -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt/bootData
I then copy the fedora.bin file to my windows box via:
cp -v fedora.bin /mnt/bootData
I then boot to Windows XP Pro, copy fedora.bin to my c: root folde, and then add this into my boot.ini file which is below
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[boot loader]timeout=30default=C:\fedora.bin[operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Microsfot Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect/NoExecute=OptInC:\fedora.bin="Fedora Core 4"
Below is my grub.conf file.
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# grub.conf generated by anaconda## Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.# root (hd1,1)# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00# initrd /initrd-version.img#boot=/dev/hdb2default=0timeout=5splashimage=(hd1,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gzhiddenmenutitle Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp) root (hd1,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp.imgtitle Fedora Core-up (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4) root (hd1,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.imgtitle Other rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1
So now all is looking good, I reboot the system and I get the ntloader Operating system choice menu.
XP boots just fine as it should. When I choose Fedora though I get to a GRUB screen.
However this screen is not a prompt, all the screen says is GRUB with a blinking cursor. There is however not a > sign indicating a prompt, no keys work other than CTRL-ALT-DEL.
I think my problem resides in an inproper dd command, but I am unsure of how to change it or fix it. I thought I wanted to take the data from the boot drive where grub is installed, but apparently I am doing something wrong. Could my partitioning scheme be messing things up?
Sorry about the long post, but I wanted to give everyone as much info as i could rather than "call the doctor, telling him I am coughing and asking what is wrong". If you need more info, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
