Re: Can't boot Windows 2003 Enterprise from Redhat Linux 9

From: Lenard (lenard_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 05/30/04 

Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:16:46 GMT

On Sat, 29 May 2004 13:50:34 -0500, AG wrote:

> "Kiran Talla" <kiranis4all@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:f622d2eb.0405281008.554e298f@posting.google.com...
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I installed Redhat 9 on my machine running windows 2003 enterprise. I
>> have a 18g HD. But after installation, GRUB shows only Redhat and DOS
>> as two options. when i try to boot DOS. NTLDR error is raised and asks
>> for a reboot.
>>
>> fdisk shows the following table for /dev/hda
>>
>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>> /dev/hda1 1 131 1052226 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2
>> 132 523 3148740 6 FAT16 /dev/hda3 * 1218
>> 2433 9767520 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda4 524 1217
>> 5574555 5 Extended /dev/hda5 524 536 104391 83
>> Linux /dev/hda6 537 1185 5213061 83 Linux /dev/hda7
>> 1186 1217 257008+ 82 Linux swap
>>
>> Partition table entries are not in disk order
>>
>>
>>
>> /etc/lilo.conf.anaconda contains followin lines of code
>>
>> prompt
>> timeout=50
>> default=linux
>> boot=/dev/hda
>> map=/boot/map
>> install=/boot/boot.b
>> message=/boot/message
>> lba32
>>
>> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8
>> label=linux
>> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-8.img
>> read-only
>> append="hdb=ide-scsi root=LABEL=/"
>>
>> other=/dev/hda3
>> optional
>> label=DOS
>>
>>
>>
>> Please suggest appropriate solution
> You can try running the fdisk/mbr command with an XP disk. That might
> do it or a repair installation of XP. Either one will hose your RH
> installation. AG

Fell free to ignore this advice above, the first stage of your Windows XP
boot process is OK, no reason to fix something that's not broken. It's the
second stage that's broken.

You need to boot with the Windows XP CD (if available) and get into the
recovery console and use the fixboot command. If you don't have the
Windows XP CD then build your own, all you need are a few files and follow
the directions here; http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/

FYI: You can rename the DOS option in /etc/lilo.conf to Windows XP if you
want to, just make sure that you run as root when done with your edit;
lilo -v

One last thing your Windows boot option in /etc/lilo.conf just might be
other=/dev/hda1 instead of option=/dev/hda3 

-- 
"In short, without this exclusive franchise, called the Windows API,
we would have been dead a long time ago." M$ Senior VP Bob Muglia '96

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