Dual Boot Problem - Fedora and Windows XP

From: David (david5019_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/18/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:57:18 -0500

Can someone please help me with the following situation:

1. I installed Windows XP on one partition on the hard disk
2. I installed Fedora on unallocated disk space. I selected grub to dual-boot
    both OS's
3. I can boot Fedora, but cannot boot Windows. When I try to boot
Windows, I just get a blank screen (no error message). Also
it looks like the hard disk light is on.

Can someone suggest a fix so I can also boot Win XP. The contents of
grub.conf and the partition table are below. Note: the partition table is
not displayed in order.
 

GRUB.CONF FILE:

# 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 (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
        initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
title Windows
        rootnoverify (hd0,1)
        makeactive
        chainloader +1

OUTPUT FROM FDISK /DEV/HDA:

Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20003880960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2432 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 * 1023 2432 11325825 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda3 14 1022 8104792+ 8e Linux LVM

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Relevant Pages

  • Re: empty system files
    ... > was a logical partition ... >> How is your hard disk formatted? ... >> Windows Explorer and select Properties. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: New XP - should I still partition?
    ... Partitioning a hard disk actually does not make your computer run any faster ... or more reliably under Windows XP or Windows 98. ... files and applications becoming "muddled up" under either operating system. ... to keep their data files on a separate partition to aid in backing up. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
  • How can I copy a bootable Win2K partition to another HD?
    ... I'm having problems trying to copy a bootable Windows 2000 ... partition from an 80GB hard disk to a 160GB hard disk. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.general)
  • RE: Windows XP Home to a new wiped clean harddrive (HELP)
    ... You can either partition it right there and format ... plug both the Hard Disk and CD Drive with different cables. ... I looked at the Windows XP Home CD, and I it like a 2002 version. ... You don't need to run setup to check this out. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
  • Re: Fixmbr doesnt fix mbr
    ... multiboot manager that usurps the bootstrap code area of the MBR (GAG, ... Only one operating system, Windows XP, with its standard boot. ... partition to it? ... strange thing is that FIXMBR doesn't work neither on the second hard disk. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)