Boot Problem - XP, FC 4 - grub

[sgentry6 0]

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.

[danleff 0]

Quote:

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

C:\fedora.bin="Fedora Core 4"

Your fedora.bin file should be on hda1, not hdb1? The boot.ini file is looking for fedora.bin on the c: drive (hda1), not hdb1.