Re: [gentoo-dev] grub problem

["Abhishek Kumar" <abhishek_00@hotmail.com>]

Thanks for your help guys, but I have tried this. The first one:
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> chainloader +1
grub> boot

does not work as this sends me to the faulty grub installation (on the
hd0,0 - one beneath the correct one) and grub can't find the first stage
files. I need to delete this one on the first partition and reload the NT
loader here.

The second one:
grub> root (hd0,1)
grub> chainloader +1
grub> boot

does not work as nt cant find the ntloader.
    I think it was completely may fault though. I did not have the grub
installation instructions then.
Thank for your help. I did not mean to imply that the instructions were at
fault. Keep up the good work.
Abhishek.

----- Original Message -----
From: <drobbins@gentoo.org>
To: <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] grub problem


> On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 06:16:51PM -0000, Abhishek Kumar wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> >     I installed Gentoo Linux a few days ago on my WinME, and NT system
and
> >     now my computer is almost unusable because of a stupid mistake I
made.
> >     Installing from floppy, I think I installed grub on the (hd0,0)
instead
> >     of (hd0). HD0, 0 is the WinME partition.  As a result, it has
overwritten
> >     the NT Loader which used to boot WinME and NT. Now I can boot
Gentoo, but
> >     not the other OSes. I tried to install grub again on the (hd0,0) but
now
> >     it refuses to do it.My question is, is there any way of getting the
> >     installation back without reinstalling NT?
>
> First, is it possible that you followed the instructions perfectly but
still had
> this problem?  If so, then either ME or NT should be bootable (most likely
ME will
> work, but not NT).  Try using the chainloader command with GRUB to boot
your ME
> partition:
>
> grub> root (hd0,0)
> grub> chainloader +1
> grub> boot
>
> Try this on your NT partition as well.  If both boot, you can make menu
entries
> for them in your menu.lst file.  If one works (I'm guessing ME) then add
that
> one to you menu.lst.  Then, post back here and we'll try to get the NT
loader
> reinstalled.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> --
> Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
> President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org
> Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
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