GRUB problem,windows xp

filenox · 2007-05-17 08:35:17

Hello,

I have installed Arch Vodoo,incl the GRUB-loader,
But if i want to load XP nothing (specials) happens

Here is my /boot/grub/menu.lst

# (1) Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

I have 1 HD with 3partitions, 1NTFS (sda1), 1 EXT3 (Arch),1 SWAP (SWAP )

- sorry for my terrible english -

Filip

filenox · 2007-05-17 10:29:28

nobody ?

RaisedFist · 2007-05-17 10:52:16

do you get any messages? errors?

T-Dawg · 2007-05-17 11:25:00

is windows still the active partition?

filenox · 2007-05-17 11:25:12

i don't know,it "reflashes" very fast

filenox · 2007-05-17 15:26:53

I mean if i select "Windows" grub wil try to boot it -error- en reload the grubmenu (in 1second)

is windows still the active partition?

How can you see that ?

Last edited by FilipBE (2007-05-17 15:27:33)

synthead · 2007-05-17 17:58:41

In grub, press "e" on the Windows selection. Change (hd0,0) to something else, like (hd1,0), (hd0,1), etc. and press "b" to boot.

filenox · 2007-05-17 18:03:42

OK,
But(t)?) my windowspartition is on hd0.0 :s

filenox · 2007-05-18 07:40:47

ow yeah is, hda=sda ?

riwa · 2007-05-18 09:10:37

No. It's not the same thing. I'm not sure but I think "hda" refers to IDE disks and "sda" to scsi disks.

But looking at my partition table (right now) I'm not sure.. All my disks are set to sda*, (but my partition is set to hd0,0).. I guess this wasn't really helping..:S

But if your partition is hda1 (or sda1) I can't see why you should have something else then hd0,0 in menu.lst.. Definitely not an expert in the subject though

filenox · 2007-05-18 09:22:53

Owkej;

If i select Windows this message commes [verry fast]

Loading Stage 2

After that the grub resets

hightower · 2007-05-18 09:45:31

Boot into ArchLinux start cfdisk as root and look whether your Windows Partition has the flag boot. If not, change it.

hightower

filenox · 2007-05-18 09:53:50

It has the bootflag (i have run the command in a livedistro)

filenox · 2007-05-18 13:04:13

It is the same in Arch

hightower · 2007-05-18 13:36:20

You could restore the original WinXP bootloader to know if something works at least.
Boot your Windows installation CD and choose the repair option.
You get into a shell-like interface. Login into your WinXP installation (sometimes pressing enter instead of typing the password works).
Then type "fixmbr" (without quotation marks) ans reboot without the CD.

hightower

filenox · 2007-05-18 14:29:03

but if i use the windowsbootloader i can't login in my Arch-OS :s

hightower · 2007-05-18 17:39:46

But at it is now, you can't boot any OS on your harddrive.
It's no problem to reinstall grub.

hightower

filenox · 2007-05-18 18:20:55

I can boot Arch,but i can't boot Windows

ProzacR · 2007-05-18 18:26:54

Are you sure you still have windows?
Check:
fdisk -l

filenox · 2007-05-18 19:04:36

Windows is still on the HD

ProzacR · 2007-05-18 19:25:54

Go into that partition and check: boot.ini, windows program files folders and other files in windows partition exists?

filenox · 2007-05-20 13:41:31

Problem solved,i reinstalled GRUB on sda

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GRUB problem,windows xp

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