Re: Problems reinstalling grub/lilo (they always hang at boot time ...)

iforone wrote:


Douglas Mayne wrote:

I could post a grub bootable CD image if you think that would help.



This would most certainly help me in the future :-)


[ Concerning the OP's GRUB problem ]
*Considerations*;
I *have not* used XP in a dual-boot situation.
I *have not* run into this issue (yet, thankfully) using 2 physical
HDDs.

I *have* run into very similar issues with GRUB dual-booting win98 and
Debian.
I *have* always installed GRUB into the MBR.

Perhaps;
Just to get XP to boot again, and since the OP is booting through XP's
Boot.ini, Ntdetect.com and Ntldr (and whatever else gets placed on C:\
in this situation, such as in a LiLo config) - and chainloading through
Boot.ini (instead of GRUB);
I might suggest the OP boot into XP CDROM and run the commands;
CHKDSK C: /r
FIXMBR
FIXBOOT
BOOTCFG /rebuild

Then, perhaps reinstalling GRUB.

I only suggest above, because I'm unsure of how to directly clear up
the GRUB issues.


This did the trick. CHKDSK actually found a problem with my XP boot drive.
After fixing it I can now boot in to both OSes again :)

Thanks for your help.

Olaf
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