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I am having problems with dual boot after I installed Redhat Enterprise Linux WS.
I had 2 drives: /dev/hda1 and /dev/hdb.
hda1 had 1 partition wholly dedicated to windows XP.
hdb (80GB) had 1 partition of 30GB dedicated to same XP as a 2nd logical drive. The 50GB was unallocated. I did the following now.
In other words from the remaining 50GB I created a new primary partition to be used under linux for /usr and one extended partition for the linux installation. This extended partition was broken into logical partitions for use for boot, swap and /.
Next, under the installation, I picked the option to use GRUB as boot loader and to install boot loader record on MBR.
Installation of Linux completed OK and on reboot, I got the 2 options for booting.
On picking Linux, it boots perfectly. On picking DOS option on the boot loader, I get the following error message
root noverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1
Invalid system disk
replace the disk and press any key.
I used, fdisk under linux and checked that the hda and hdb1 partions are still there (not erased).
I am a little new to this boot loader stuff; I would really appreciate any assistance on this.
Thank you very much!
-sanjeev
If I read your post correctly, xp is installed in hda1, and hdb1 is just additional space for xp to store files, but doesn't contain a bootable xp installation.
With xp installed in hda1, you should change the rootnoverify line to rootnoverify (hd0,0).
Thanks for your reply. Your assumption is correct. I did that, still I get the same error.
What about the disk swapping commands in grub.conf?
Has the xp partition somehow become hidden?
Thanks.
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