Erik Grootjans wrote:
In the orginal send file was the grub file ok
but it seems now somehow broken up
I think there was something wrong with copying the master boot record.
I think this is strange because i made an update from FC4 to FC6 be
re-installing
How can i fix the masterboot record
Or how can i fix the masterboot record for Windows XP (I can than
reinstall FC6)
If you have the XP installation disk and know the admin password you can
boot from the windows Installation CD and use the console to run fixmbr
for the MBR and fixboot for the booting.
I admit that I used these tools to restore the MBR when grub is not able
to recover from a very corrupted MBR.
After you fix the MBR, you should be able to boot Fedora installer or
rescue CD and reinstall grub to the MBR. I do not think you need to
reinstall Fedora all from scratch though. That is, unless you like to
run the installer.
Thanks
Erik
This is the correct file:
cat grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this
file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen ro
root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
module /initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen.img
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
Reviewing the partition table, some of the extended partition is not yet
assigned from the extended partition. (7153-7283) I do not think that
the unassigned portion is hurting anything though.
Command (m for help): p
> >
> > 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 5750 46078200 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/hda3 5750 7283 12315240 f W95 Ext'd
(LBA)
> > /dev/hda4 7284 14593 58717575 8e Linux LVM
> > /dev/hda5 5750 6515 6146248+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/hda6 6515 7152 5118088+ b W95 FAT32
> >
> > Command (m for help): q
Jim
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