[CALUG] Newbie questions

[Rajiv Gunja]

Russ,
It would have greatly helped if you had attached your grub.conf and the
output of "fdisk -l" command.
However, from your explanation, I am interested to know what really your
grub.conf has.

One small explanation for Windows 98 not booting could be that Windows 2003
might have over written its boot code to enable dual boot between 2003 and
98, but since we have RH9 on the MBR, that could have been lost.

Next time you login to RH9, type grub as root and at the prompt.
grub> root (hd0,<tab>
^C
grub> root (hd1,<tab>
^C
Paste that output, so we can really give u the right solution.

If you want to read about grub, there is a 3 page text in "Linux in a
Nutshell".

If infact Windows 98 boot code is lost, you might have to "rescue" windows
98 and fix the boot with the rescue floppies and then install grub again.

I know, when you install Windows 98 mbr, grub will be lost. Not to worry,
you can backup grub.
Put these lines in a script and run it.
### Copy Grub to Floppy ####
 mkfs.ext3 /dev/fd0
 mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
 cd /mnt/floppy
 mkdir boot
 cd boot
 mkdir grub
 cd /boot/grub
 cp stage1 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub
 cp stage2 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub
 cp menu.lst /mnt/floppy/boot/grub
 cp /etc/grub.conf /mnt/floppy/boot/grub
 grub --batch --device-map=3D/dev/null <<EOF
 device (fd0) /dev/fd0
 root (fd0)
 setup (fd0)
 quit
 EOF
#### End of Script ####

Once that is done and you have installed grub again to the mbr, take a
backup of your mbr.

*dd if=3D/dev/hda of=3Dmbr.bkp.09252005 bs=3D512 count=3D1*
*
and copy this file to your floopy or other partitions so you have easy
access to it.*
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*Hope this helps*
**
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*-GGR
Rajiv G Gunja

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On 9/25/05, Russ <rmain at polaris.umuc.edu> wrote:
>
> OK
>
> Well, here's what I did. Since I had all three OS's already installed, I
> reinstalled RH9. Anaconda ran Disk Druid, and I set it to format only the
> Linux and swap partitions. On the setup screen for GRUB, the only
> recognized partitons were Linux and DOS?. Linux is hda1, Windoze 98 is
> hda2, Linux swap is hda3, and Windoze Server 2003 is hdb1. So, I left
> Linux hda1 as default. Next, I renamed DOS to be Win98, and I added the
> additional drive/hdb1 as Win Server 2003. So, heres what happens. Linux
> RH9 boots to GRUB giving me the choices of RH9, 98, or 2003. Choosing 98
> boots 2003. Choosing 2003 only outputs the text "chainloder +1". Doesnt
> the command chainloder +1 start a second drive or does it start the second
> bootable partition. I'n not sure how or why choosing 98 starts Server
> 2003. The GRUB choice of 98 has the instructions rootnoverify hd0,1
> folowed by chainloader +1. The Server 2003 has the instructions
> rootnoverify hd1,0 followed by chainloader +1. Not knowing a whole lot
> about these commands they seem correct. However choosing 98 starts 2003
> and choosing 2003 ends in error. One last note, the 98 version is a HP
> restore disk install.
>
>
> Thanks very much for the help so far.
>
>
> Russ M
>
>
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