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Hi all ... I’m a software developer and first time Linux user,
and have been experiencing difficulties in the advanced stages of Red Hat Linux
installation. I am attempting to
install Linux as a second operating system, on a PC already running Windows XP
Home Edition. I have two hard disks
in the PC. Hard disk 1 (C:) has a 47 Mb fat partition, and a 78 Gb
ntfs partition.
C: is also the master / bootable drive. The second disk (D:)
had a single 40 Gb fat partition and is not bootable
(according to BIOS). Using the parted software provided with red hat linux,
I created 4.5 Gb of empty space from cylinder 0 to
4500 on D:. My partition on this
drive now began at 4501. This gave
me enough space to proceed with the automatic partitioning in the Linux
installation (I am using the graphical installation). When it came to setting up the boot manager, I simply
accepted the defaults and continued.
The installation seemed to run smoothly. When I first booted up my PC after
installation, almost immediately, I was presented with a blank screen and the
word GRUB in the top left hand corner.
This is as far as I can get into the system. Its as if GRUB
has not installed properly, or has hung. The keyboard is frozen and booting
stops. My initial feeling was that
as Linux is installed on a non-bootable disk, GRUB was having problems working
with it, but I’m not sure. I have attempted to reinstall Red Hat Linux with no boot
manager, but the same thing keeps on happening. I have also changed the advanced boot
settings to boot from the master drive (/hda) and the
other drive (/hdd), but nothing works. I would imagine that if I create a
Windows boot disk, I will be able to access windows again, but this is not
ideal. Does anyone know of a way to remove GRUB once installed or
even better ... to fix it ?? I have access to the linux prompt through use of Red Hat CD1 as a boot disk, if
this would be of any help. Thanks, Kevin Brick |
