sorry jeff ... but all my statement was that you are right . i have 3 os on my computer and have selected to fill all the partition with root . however i think that sean is not right but i am goin to test it tomorrow , because i should go to work now and i will inform you what is the result . after all i really appreciate to both of you , sean and jeff because of your tips and help . --- Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Sean Estabrooks wrote: > > >On Tue, 18 May 2004 10:40:27 -0500 > >Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Sean Estabrooks wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Tue, 18 May 2004 01:04:56 -0700 (PDT) > >>>boby <bobysandz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hi > >>>>I installed fedora after i had installed win2000 > >>>>and now i get error when i want to start win2000 > from > >>>>grub boot loader .following line is from my > grub.conf > >>>>should i recover from windows recovery console > or i > >>>>should change some thing in grub conf. > >>>> > >>>>title WINDOWS 2000 > >>>> rootnoverify (hd0,0) > >>>> chainloader +1 > >>>> > >>>>and here is my partition table : > >>>>/dev/hda1 * 1461 3500 16386300 c > > >>>>Win95 FAT32 (LBA) > >>>>/dev/hda2 3501 4866 10972395 a5 > > >>>>FreeBSD > >>>>/dev/hda3 1 26 208813+ 83 > > >>>>Linux > >>>>/dev/hda4 27 1460 11518605 5 > > >>>>Extended > >>>>/dev/hda5 27 91 522081 82 > > >>>>Linux swap > >>>>/dev/hda6 92 1460 10996461 83 > > >>>>Linux > >>>> > >>>>thanks for help > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>This seems to be a known problem but i'm not sure > of the proper fix. > >>>Would you please test the following two changes > and let us know if either > >>>of them work or not: > >>> > >>>Modify the rootnoverify line above to: > >>> > >>>rootnoverify (hd0, 3) > >>> > >>>and if that doesn't work please try: > >>> > >>>rootnoverify (hd0,4) > >>> > >>>Hope this helps. > >>>Sean. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>You are telling him to try to boot from the > extended partition ---> no > >>way, not a filesystem here. > >>Then you have him try the linux swap partition --> > even worse. > >> > >> > > > >No you are wrong. > > > > > > > >>(hd0,0) is hda1 (FAT32) > >>(hd0,1) is hda2 )FreeBSD) > >>(hd0,2) is hda3 (Linux) > >>(hd0,5) is hda5 (Linux) > >>These are the only possible choices, and his > Windows 2000 can only > >>possibly reside on hda1 or hda2 (probably on > hda1). > >> > >> > > > >No you are wrong. > > > > > > > >>He is trying to boot Windows 2000 which should be > NTFS and the partition > >>table shows it as FAT32. > >>This may be the problem, and if he allowed the > system to do an > >>auto-partition when installing it may have > corrupted the partition table. > >>A corrupt partition table may prevent recovery. > >> > >> > > > >Please don't try to disuade him from trying. It > may very well work > >for him. > > > >Cheers, > >Sean. > > > > > > > I am not trying to dissuade him from anything. I am > pointing out your errors. > > > You are telling me I am wrong, now show me how my > statements are wrong. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/
