grub manual boot help

From: Ki Hwan Lee (talchum_at_stanford.edu)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:03:03 -0700

Hello,

I need help.

I have an IBM thinkpad with dual booting -- redhat 9, windows XP.
I repartioned windows using xp native partition tool.

Now, booting stopped at GRUB and won't proceed

With a bit of browsing/digging around,
1) I can boot to windows using

root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
boot

2) I can read grub.conf using

root (hd0,6)
configfile /grub/grub.conf

and when i choose entries, it says

"Error 15, file not found"

and the entries are:

=========================================
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-31.9)
        root (hd0,7)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-31.9 ro root=LABEL=/
        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-31.9.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-18.9)
        root (hd0,7)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.9 ro root=LABEL=/
        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-18.9.img
title WINDOWS XP
        rootnoverify (hd0,0)
        chainloader +1

=========================================

NOW, (hd0,6) is my "/boot" partition and
(hd0,7) is my "/" partition

I was thinking about
1) renaming partitions
2) reinstalling grub

First of all, is it possible to pinpoint what the problem is ?
Secondly, what would be the best way to save my current file in the root
directory ?

thanks in advance

kihwan

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I also tried a few different ways to boot, using

1) root (hd0,6)
2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.9 ro root=LABEL=/
3) initrd /initrd-2.4.20-18.9.img
4) module /module-info-2.4.20-18.9
5) boot

and it says,
"RADMISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
 VFS: Cannot open root device "LABEL=/" or 00:00
 Please append a correct "root=" boot option
 Kernel Panic:VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00"

I tried to set root (hd0,7) , but then
i can't read any of /vmlinuz-xxxx or /initrd-xxx or /module-info-xxxx

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