[CALUG] Newbie questions

[Danyelle Gragsone]

On 9/26/05, Danyelle Gragsone <ladynikon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ah.. busy life.. isnt it great?!? </sarcasm>
>
> On 9/26/05, Russ <rmain at polaris.umuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > I'll post the contents of grub.conf and the output of fdisk -l as soon
> > as
> > I possibley can. As funny as it may sound, it may take me a few days to
> > get back to you folks because of work and school.
> >
> > Thanks again for all the help.
> >
> > Russ M
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Rajiv Gunja wrote:
> >
> > > 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.*
> > > **
> > > *Hope this helps*
> > > **
> > > **
> > > *-GGR
> > > Rajiv G Gunja
> > >
> > > *
> > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Russ Main
> >
> >
>
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