Thanks. Got it working with webmin.
I was just trying to boot from the wrong partition.
Chet
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leland F. Jackson, CPA" <smvfp AT mail D.O.T smvfp.com>
To: <prolinux@leafe.com>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ProLinux]How to partition for RH8 & W2K
> Hi Chet,
>
> The way grub works is the grub MBR boot loader is part of the MBR. It
take
> up less than 512k. It call the /boot/grub.conf file which is the primary
> boot loader. This presents you with a menu whereby you can boot one of
many
> linux kernels, or you can boot a secondary boot loader. Ok, so far so
good.
>
> The secondary boot loader is usually c:\boot.ini. On my system, it
presents
> a menu where I can boot dos, NT4.0, or NT4.0 with no network, etc. This
> seem to be where your system is stuck. In some cases there is additional
> code need between the primary boot loader and the secondary boot loader.
> This additional code is needed to allow the system to be able to read the
> secondary boot loader or boot.ini in your case. I don't think this is
your
> problem, because I can grub from linux to my secondary boot loader which
is
> on a c:/boot.ini file on my FAT16 partition. You may need to do a search
of
> google and read the grub doc to see what to do.
>
> LelandJ
>
> If you have a msdos floppy with a MSDOS OS, you can re-write the MBR with
> the following command:
>
> fdisk /mbr
>
> I don't know if your system would then boot to boot.ini or not. If you
> cleared out your MBR, you might need a recovery disk and some way to
receate
> the MBR. I'm not sure. I know you could recreate by reinstalling Linux,
> but then your back to your current situation.
>
> LelandJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chet Gardiner" <chetdude AT pacbell D.O.T net>
> To: <prolinux@leafe.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [ProLinux]How to partition for RH8 & W2K
>
>
> > Ooops. I seem to be hosed.
> >
> > I get Windows as a boot option (I edited the title from "DOS" to
"Windows
> > 2000"). It executes to commands below:
> > rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> > chainloader +1
> >
> > but then I get:
> >
> > Booting "Windows 2000"
> > rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> > chainloader +1
> >
> > Error 25: Disk Read Error
> >
> > press any key to continue.
> >
> > It then pops me back to the bootup selection screen.
> >
> > RATS!
> >
> > Oh, I just had a thought (hold the presses). My Win2K system was
> installed
> > on my D: drive (2nd partition on the first drive) and my NT system was
> > installed on my C: drive (1st partition on the first drive). I
installed
> my
> > Linux system in the 2nd partition on the 2nd drive.
> >
> > I just tried to edit the windows boot to "rootnoverify (hd0, 1)" being
> > completely ignorant and assuming that that would boot from the 2nd
> partition
> > on the first drive. No joy.
> >
> > Any ideas out there?
> >
> > Thanks;
> >
> > Chet
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Leland F. Jackson, CPA" <smvfp AT mail D.O.T smvfp.com>
> > To: <prolinux@leafe.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 4:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ProLinux]How to partition for RH8 & W2K
> >
> >
> > > Hi Stephen,
> > >
> > > I use grub as the boot loader in my system. It come up when the
system
> is
> > > booted and present a menu of available OS. Just select the OS you
want
> to
> > > boot, and grub will proceed by booting the selected system.
> > >
> > > The easy way to install a dual boot, is to first install windows. I
> > believe
> > > windows XP, 2000, NT 4.0 all allow you to partition the hard disks as
> part
> > > of the install. If using on of the above OS, I recommend using the
NTFS
> > for
> > > security reasons.
> > >
> > > After installing windows, if you are using RedHat Linux 7.3 or above,
> > boot
> > > up the CD and install RedHat Linux. As part of the install, Red Hat
> Linux
> > > will allow you to partition a drive. If available, be sure an chose
the
> > > ext3 as the linux default file type. If ext3 file system is not
> > available,
> > > select the ext2 file system for your main linux partition. When
> entering
> > > info about where it should be mounted, select " / " as the mount
point.
> > You
> > > can also chose to have a separate partition for the swap file. Set up
> > your
> > > swap file to be somewhere between two to three times the actual
physical
> > > memory of your system.
> > >
> > > I used 12 gig for my windows NTFS, and I used 12 gig for my Linux ext3
> > file
> > > system.
> > >
> > > Once done installing Linux, reboot and the grub loader should present
> you
> > > with a menu to select which OS to boot.
> > >
> > > If using RedHat Linux 7.3, the grub loader must be manually edited to
> boot
> > > your window system. Initially, your only choice is to boot Linux.
Once
> > in
> > > Linux, edit the /boot/grub.conf file and add the following to it:
> > >
> > > title XP Pro
> > > rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> > > chainloader +1
> > >
> > > Then reboot Linux and "XP Pro" for example will appear as a boot menu
> > > option.
> > >
> > > LelandJ
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Stephen Russell" <srussell AT lotmate D.O.T com>
> > > To: <prolinux@leafe.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 6:19 PM
> > > Subject: [ProLinux]How to partition for RH8 & W2K
> > >
> > >
> > > > I want to either dual boot or launch WIN from Linux. How do you
> > partition
> > > > the HD so both can live in peace?
> > > >
> > > > __Stephen
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
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