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hello Danleff Is there any way to access(read and write) NTFS partition from Linux? thank you

Hello Danleff I tried to change the hard drive detection from auto, but there isn't any option for LBA. I read that old Dell machines won't have an option for LBA. I am able to boot through Grub. But when i reboot after doing a fixmbr using win98 boot disk I get "Missing Operating System" error. In this scenario, I am taking the help of a linux boot disk to enter into Redhat. If i do a "grub-install <device>" I am getting grub bootloader working again. thanks

Hello Danleff 1. The original version of windows is from a full Windows XP disk. 2. The hard drive is set as cable_select with the jumpers. 3. This is the /sbin/fdisk -l from Linux Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 3273 26286088+ 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary /dev/hda2 3273 3336 506520 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary /dev/hda3 3336 4865 12285000 83 Linux Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary /dev/hda5 3273 3336 506488+ 82 Linux swap 4. In the Bios the drive is set to auto. This is the only drive on the machine. thanks

Hello Danleff Can you suggest any ideas so that i can boot into my windows XP? Thanks

Hello I have made a fresh installation of windows without formatting the drive. After reboot the cursor still blinks. Doesn't a fresh installtion recreate a boot file? thanks

Hello Danleff The report which mentions about resetting the partition table is the one which i followed. I didn't find a similar site for redhat. I am not able to boot into Windows XP so editing boot.ini does not seem attainable at this time. During the recovery console of windows, i tried editing the boot.ini file but I could not find it in the C:/Windows directory. Is there any way that i can find the boot.ini file? Is there any way I can reinstall Windows Xp without formatting the drive but recreating the boot? Fixboot and Fixmbr are resulting in a blinking cursor. Is there any way out of this? thanks

Hello, I have used both the fixboot and fixmbr commands in the windows recovery console. After restart the cursor just blinks over there and doesn't do much after that. I am having linux boot disk, so risked a try. "What do you mean that you altered the partition table? What exactly did you do?" I have followed a post earlier that claims that Red hat installer alters the hard disk geometry due to which windows is unable to boot. So I re-entered the partition table by hand in the non-interactive mode using fdisk. I tried to alter the geometry so that GRUB could find the windows location. sfdisk -d /dev/hda | sfdisk --no-reread -H255 /dev/hda I re-entered the partition table, it didnt create any effect on GRUB. Currently I am able to boot into Linux using GRUB. "What did you set the hard drive jumper to? " Hard drive is recognised as auto in the BIOS and the jumpers are set to cable-select. I knew that i cannot edit NTFS volumes from Redhat but found posts claiming that they can do. So i wanted to edit the boot.ini by adding an entry of linux, in turn making it as the bootloader. It was just a try. Thanks

hello, 1. Used Fixmbr and Fdisk /mbr but the cursor blinks after restart. 2. Edited grub.conf, menu.lst and even the partition table but was left with not much sucess. My menu.lst # 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 (hd0,2) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=1 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8bigmem) root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8bigmem ro root=LABEL=LINUX hdd=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-8bigmem.img title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 Output for Fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 3273 26286088+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 3273 3336 506520 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda3 3336 4865 12285000 83 Linux /dev/hda5 3273 3336 506488+ 82 Linux swap /etc/fstab file LABEL=LINUX / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 device.map file (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda Do suggest if any idea strikes you!! I tried to reinstall the grub bootloader but i am missing disc 2 of redhat9. Can you suggest any location where i can get an iso image? Is there any way of editing the boot.ini either from DOS or linux? thanks

Hello I have found that i do not have a /boot partition. Due to this I am not able to boot into windows Xp. I am comfortably logging into redhat 9. Here is the grub i have in /boot/grub/grub.conf # 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 (hd0,2) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=1 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8bigmem) root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8bigmem ro root=LABEL=LINUX hdd=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8bigmem.img title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Can anyone suggest a way to get into windows xp?

Hello everyone I have found others posts for dual booting so i am posting mine as well. I recently changed my seagate (40Gb) hard disk from a Compaq Presario 5410US machine to a Dell Optiplex Gx1 machine as the former's motherboard is malfunctioning. The hard disk contains windows Xp and Redhat9 installed on it. I was not having any problems with the dual boot on Compaq box. But after migration, I am not able to boot into Windows XP. It displays the familiar message and starts blinking after that. rootnoverify chainloader +1 I observe that my GRUB is not able to find the Windows boot.ini file. After seeing some forums, i tried some options but none worked. 1. Used the windows Xp boot disks to copy the ntldr and ntdetect.com. Fixboot did not activate the boot on windows. 2. Recreated the partition table from linux rescue but to no gain. 3. Tried to change the boot.ini from linux mount, but it did not allow me to write into the file. 4. Got a succesful acknowledgement when i gave grub-install --recheck /dev/hda. The following are my system configuration: Dell Optiplex GX1 Pentium III, Ram -256MB SDRam, Hard disk 40Gb. Can you help me in accessing my windows Xp again? Thanks