Re: FC3: Grub - Error

From: noi (noi_at_siam.com)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:38:59 GMT

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:39:26 +0100, Sebastian Walz thoughtfully wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Yesterday I installed Fedora Core 3 - everything went fine until I had to
> restart. After the restart, I saw Grub - restart - I saw Grub again -
> restart - and so on. I booted again unsing the first FC3 CD (rescue linux)
> and typed in "grub-install /dev/hda". Now I have Fedora and Floppy in
> Grub, but no Windows. And my computer does not have a floppy-drive ;)
> Now I want to delete the floppy-drive and add Windows, but how? Is there a
> graphical configuration-possibility in FC3? Or what file do I have to
> edit?
>
> (Sorry for my bad english ;) )
>
> Best regards,
> Sebastian

Google "grub install rescue"
Edit grub conf in /boot/grub/grub.conf assuming XP is on hda and just
delete references to floppy. Then run Grub Install from the boot
CD/rescue CD.

# 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 (hd0,2)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.10-1.741_FC3)
        root (hd0,2)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
        initrd /initrd-2.6.10-1.741_FC3.img
title WinXP
        rootnoverify (hd0,0)
        chainloader+1