Re: fresh install for dual boot with winxp : grub hangs
From: Hans Horn (hannes_at_2horns.com)
Date: 06/30/04
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To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:15:53 -0700
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From: "Phil Schaffner"
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: fresh install for dual boot with winxp : grub hangs
> On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 02:15 -0700, Hans Horn wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm trying to install fedora2 on a HP AMD64 box with winxp factory-
>> installed.
>> I've got two disks, with xp installed on the first one.
>>
>> after the reboot following the fedora install on the 2nd disk, all I
>> get is: GRUB
>>
>> using 'linux rescue' I tried to modify grub.conf with no success.
>>
>> here's what fdisk tells me:
>>
>> fdisk /dev/hda
>> /dev/hda hda1 hp-recovery
>> hda2 NTFS (XP boot)
>>
>> fdisk /dev/hdd
>> /dev/hdd hdd1 swap
>> hda3 ext3 (Linux boot)
>
> Did you mean hdd3? hdd2? What else is on hdd? Do you have /boot and /
> or is everything but swap on one partition.
hdd2 is an empty fat32 partition - dunno how it got to be.
I don't have a /boot partition
>
>> device.map says:
>>
>> hd0 /dev/hda
>> hd1 /dev/hdd
>
> This seems to be a rather strange setup and may be confusing grub.
> Usually you would want your hard disk as the master on the controller
> rather than the slave, or better yet the only thing on the controller
> for performance reasons. What is on the slave for the first IDE
master: hda
slave1: nothing
master2: dvd/cd
slave2: hdd
> contoller and the master for the second? I'd try changing the hardware
> setup so the second disk is the master on the second controller, booting
> in rescue mode, and fixing /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.conf to match.
> The BIOS hard disk mode may also be a factor.
recommendations?
>> has anybody got a glue how grub.conf is supposed to look like for grub
>> to work on my system.
>
> Would help to first see what you've got now. Where did you install
> grub, the MBR or the boot partition?
the MBR!
>
>> right now I'm pretty much dead in the water - can't boot into any OS!
>
> I suspect it is recoverable, but you need to clarify and provide correct
> current grub.conf and disk/partition information.
have to wait until I get home tonite!
thx a lot!
Hans
>
> Phil
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