--- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 18:19 -0800, Evan White wrote: > > I'm running a Windows XP / FC3 dual-boot system on > a > > Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop and it was running fine. > > > Here's the partitions from fdisk: > > > > device start end Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 1 4462 35840983 7 HPFS/NTFS > > /dev/sda2 4463 8287 30724312 f W95 Ext'd > (LBA) > > /dev/sda3 8288 8300 104422 93 Amoeba > > /dev/sda4 8301 12161 31013482 8e Linux LVM > > /dev/sda5 4463 8287 30724281 b W95 FAT32 > > > > Inside the LVM, there is a 2 GB Swap and the rest > is > > /. > > > > I noticed that the Linux parition showed up in > Windows > > as F: and was concerned that Windows would somehow > > corrupt the partition if it was mounted, so I > looked > > for ways to hide that partition from Windows. I > ended > > up changing my grub.conf file to include this line > in > > the Windows section: hide (hd0,2) > > > > In hindsight, perhaps it should have been (hd0,3). > > > > Anyways, upon reboot into Windows, I could tell > that > > Windows did something before I logging me in. It > went > > to that light blue screen that it uses for > scandisk > > for about 2 seconds, then it logged me in. The F: > > drive was still visible, and when I rebooted, I > got > > the following error: > > > > GRUB Loading stage1.5 > > > > GRUB loading, please wait... > > Error 17 > > > > > > Well I've seen this before, so I booted to my FC3 > disk > > and typed "linux rescue" then "chroot > /mnt/sysimage". > > I checked my grub.conf, which reads: > > > > title Fedora Core (2.6.10-1.770_FC3) > > > > > > Then I ran "grub-install /dev/sda" and got this: > > > > The file /boot/grub/stage1 was not read correctly. > > > > I didn't know what that was all about, but after > > looking around, I found people suggesting the > > following: > > > > #>grub > > grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 > > > > To which I received: > > > > Error 15: File not found > > > > I am, however, about to browse to /boot/grub/ and > I > > can see the stage1 file. But for some reason grub > > can't find it. Someone suggested using grub.img, > but > > I don't have a floppy drive. I do, however, have > > network/internet access still enable thru FC3 > rescue > > mode. > > > > Questions: > > > > Firstly, is the hide command the best way to keep > > Windows away from the Linux partition? What is > the > > best way? > > > > Secondly, how do I reinstall grub successfully? > > My guess is that the partition /dev/sda3 is actually > your Linux /boot > partition, since it's about the right size and you > have no other grub- > readable Linux partitions. I would use fdisk and > change the partition > type to "Linux" instead of "Amoeba". Grub might then > be happier to look > there for /grub/stage1 (the leading /boot is not > required since you have > a separate /boot partition). > > As for hiding the Linux partition(s) from Windows, > can't you use "Disk > Management" and tell Windows not to assign a drive > letter to that > partition? > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > The problem was fixed by changing the partition type to "Linux" (type 83). I then was able to reinstall using "grub-install /dev/sda". Thanks for all the help!. ~Evan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
