problem with grub
 

Hello :p

I am running debian for about 2 day's now the "testing" edition ;) And it's great. i did run slackware before, but apt-get is amazing

Anyway.. this morning i tried to boot into windows to search for some data, and when i selected windows in grub, it just tells me " filetype unknow" and windows does not boot

some info:

i have windows installed on the hda1, which is referred to in grub menu.lst as hd0,0)
here is the complete part
title Windows NT/2000/XP
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

Debian is installed on hda2 (hd0,1)

Now, dual booting did work (even after kernel upgrade).. but now it doesn't. I can access hda1 when i mount it, and i can see the data. like mentioned, grub just tells me that the filetype is unknown. :(

I hope someone can help me :/ Thanks in advance

greetings
deNiro
extra info:
i just checked the boot dmesg and i saw some ugly messages like:

hda: Write Cache FAILED Flushing!
hda: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
hda: Write Cache FAILED Flushing!

And they passed by some times, doesn't seem to affect my performance or anything. Nothing "seems" wrong, and i can still access all my drives, including hda1

Try this, see if works:

title Windows NT/2000/XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Format the lines as they should be, align the Windows 200/XP line with the second one (hd0,0), somehow it didn't come out right. but the content is correct.

#update-grub

reboot

Thanks.. but did not work :/
I tried both options.. with the other option it doesn't return anything, no errormessage.. it just tells me that it 'll load hd0,0 but nothing happends.

maybe i should just try lilo.. btw, is it possible to use lilo.. and just overwrite grub in the mbr? or do i somehow have to remove grub first?

Well appearantly i can't install lilo in the mbr.. pff :/ . i always used lilo with slackware, and never had problems.