On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 08:19 -0700, oldman wrote: > Doesn't work in my situation The console says it found a bad boot > says it replaced it, but > can't boot to it. Heres my disk: > Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > /dev/hda2 14 14592 117105817+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 14 1288 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda6 1289 3200 15358108+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 3201 3264 514048+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/hda8 3265 4539 10241406 83 Linux > /dev/hda9 4540 4794 2048256 83 Linux > /dev/hda10 4795 6619 14659281 83 Linux > > my grub.conf sets root to (hd0,4) but gives me an error, something like > bad executable. ---- you might want to post the contents of /boot/grub/grub.conf ---- > > Interestingly, fixboot did not affect the MBR, as grub boots normally. ---- FIXBOOT isn't supposed to do a thing to the MBR. FIXMBR would do that but that would be disastrous to grub and booting Linux ---- > > The only thing I can think of is that Win2k > doesn't like being on an extended partition, but what is fixboot > writing, and where is it writing to? Beats the hell out of me! ---- Win2K should be fine with where it is, it just needs to know where it is. Might be interesting to know what is in C:\boot.ini which you can look at if you boot Win2K/WinXP System Restore CD and enter Recovery mode (Console) - This is the thing that FIXBOOT is supposed to operate upon. ---- > > Any way, sorry for the bum steer to Noah. I'll probably get around to > wiping Windows one of these days (haven't booted it in about a year - > Maybe I'll just get another linux distro). ---- that wasn't a bum steer, that was an opportunity to wreak havoc. Telling people to re-install Windows when it isn't necessary is better left to the support staff at Dell/Sony/HP-Compaq/Gateway/etc. Craig
