Re: GRUB & Sarge & Win XP
On 05/11/05, Simo Kauppi <swk@nic.fi> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 04:20:50PM +0100, Alessandro Ciorcalo wrote:
> > On 05/11/05, Simo Kauppi <swk@nic.fi> wrote:
> >
> > > The 'ntldr missing' could mean that it is really missing from the
> > > Windows disk. I guess you can mount the Win disk from Linux and check if
> > > the Win is missing some of its files.
> >
> > Thank you Simo, I have tried all possible combinations in the menu.lst
> > file but there's no way to let it raise. As you have suggested I have
> > mounted the /dev/hdb disk under linux looking for the boot files but I
> > can't see them, neither with ls nor with ls -a, since they usually are
> > hidden in windows, but there's no trace of them.
>
> Yes, you should see them from Linux mount even though they are hidden in
> Windows. I'm afraid they have been deleted accidentally.
yes, they have been accidentally deleted: I booted the system from the
secondary drive and still got the message "ntldr missing". So far I
have to restore - and maybe reinstall - windows on the secondary drive
minding to preserve debian on the first!!!
Thank you Simo,
Good night!
ilvecchioalex
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