Re: [linux] Triple boot:XP,ubuntu&FC5 grub failed

correction : /boot/grub/menu.lst ;-) {you will not see a /etc/boot in you r
system}

On 8/31/06, Anu-Linux <linuxdassa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hey gayal,

something like this happened to me and i added the boot image and the
initrd images to the /etc/boot/grub/menu.lst.

okay if you can boot to fedora, try mounting the root partition of ubuntu.
then cd to /boot/. open a nother terminal, and cd to /boot/ in fedora
partition (to see the two partitions easily).

this is my menu.lst to boot the ubuntu. (your details are differ from
this)

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-386
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=/dev/hda6 ro quiet splash

initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386
savedefault
boot

copy and past the ubuntu kernel image, root, initrd details from /boot in
ubuntu and paste in to /boot/grub/menu.lst in fedora.

** make sure you havent delete the ubuntu partition when you install
fedora. ;-)

if you can't mount to either fedora or ubuntu, use a live cd (knoppix) and
edit the grub.

give it a try... worked for me. :-)

good luck!

On 8/30/06, Gayal <gayal.rupasinghe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I was using Win XP with FC5 and wanted to install Ubuntu as well.

So i deleted the FC5 partition (just for the fun of doing it) and
installed ubuntu straight from the live cd V6.10.
And my laptop dual booted perfectly with XP.
After that i installed FC5 and during the creation of boot loader i added
XP and Ubutu as well from there respective partitions.

But then triple boot failed.
This is the message i get when selected ubuntu from Fedora Core 5 Grub
Menu
-----------------------------------

Booting 'ubuntu'
rootnoverify (hd0,6)
chainloadre +1

Error 13: Invalid or Unsupported executable format.
Press any key to continue

so how can i fix this problem and tripple boot my laptop.

my file systems are as follows:
XP - NTFS
ubuntu - reiserfs
FC5 - Ext3

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