GRUB problem

rob19 · 03-31-2003, 05:26 AM

I installed Linux and had GRUB running and all was well. Later installed Windows 2000 which clobbered the MBR. I managed to wipe the MBR using the DOS command
fdisk /MBR
and then reinstall using the Linux command
grub-install /dev/hda

This worked except the boot for Windows was wrong and I tried a few things to get it right. After persevering, I managed to create a grub.conf file that worked fine and would boot both OSes. However, Windows has since clobbered the MBR again after a repair of OS. And now when I try to reinstall GRUB using the command
grub-install /dev/hda
I get...
The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly.

Tried everything I can think of to fix this. What do I do now?

aigartua · 03-31-2003, 09:41 AM

try this, in my grub.conf works fine:

title Windows 2000
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

ah, my windows 2000 is in hda1, good luck

rob19 · 03-31-2003, 03:06 PM

I'll try to modify the grub.conf but I don't see logically why that would be the problem because it worked before booting both Windows and Linux partitions.