On 02/19/2011 10:12 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I bought this computer with Windows XP installed. I removed the hard > drive it came with and installed the hard drives from the computer > it replaced. That went well except that the Win-XP on the "old" > disks knew it had moved and refuses to boot. So this morning I > thought I'll install the original drive as a third drive and change > grub.conf to fit. > > That done Win XP will not boot, produces an error message: > > Error 12: Invalid or unsupported executable format. > > I can mount the drive in F-14 and list the directory. > > I took my best guess at the grub designation for the drive: > > title Windows-XP-Pro > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > chainloader +1 > > It had been: > > title Other > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > chainloader +1 > > Fdisk shows the drive details as: > > [root@box9 bobg]# fdisk /dev/sdc > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 > sectors > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disk identifier: 0xc1c1c1c1 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdc1 * 63 156280319 78140128+ 7 > HPFS/NTFS > > Command (m for help): > > What am I doing wrong or is Windows refusing to boot because the > drive is not where it wants it? > > Any thoughts/help appreciated. > > Bob > . > > -- > > If the drive is seen as /dev/hdc, why do you then say in grub.conf that it is hd1,0 ??? It should be hd2,0 Try it and see if that works. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
