Re: a double boot
Hi,
I ve just installed WIN98, the grub boot is erase I want to put it
again, there is no option (for rescue) on the boot disk (
installation disk). I used RH 7.3 , it gives me the access to the
system, I use the command grub-install (hd0,1) ( win is in first
partition, and debian in second ), it seemed correct , but when I
reboot I get same problem ( no boot menu).
thanks for help
I'm not really sure if this is what you're asking, but I think your
problem is that you installed grub to a partition on your hard-drive and
you need to install it to the MBR (Master Boot Record) of the drive for
it to come up at boot time. Assuming your hard drive is located at
/dev/hda and you have the two previously mentioned partitions with
Windows on /dev/hda1 and Linux on /dev/hda2, run grub-install again but
this time do it like this
*grub-install /dev/hda
*This will install it on the MBR. After you have run grub-install, it's
always a good idea to run update-grub, this is Debian's smooth little
addition to grub that will automagically detect your Debian kernels and
add them to the menu.lst file in /boot/grub. You will also want to
manually edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and add in the option for
booting into Windows:
*title Windows
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1*
If this doesn't help, please post more information such as the contents
of your menu.lst and the partition table on your hard drive.
-Forrest
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