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Old 10-24-2004, 01:52 PM   #1
avols143
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GRUB..where should be install..??????


Hey Friends...
I have a daul boot system with WindowsXP(Norwegian) and WindowsME(English).. I have 80gb harddisk Space..
Code:
Device   Boot Start End Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1 *     1 2550 20482843+ c  Win95 FAT32(LBA)
/dev/hda2    2551 9964 59552955  f  Win95 Ext'd(LBA) 
dev/hda5     2551 5738 25607578+ b  Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda6    5739 8543 22531131  b  Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda7    8544 8608 522081    82 Linux swap
/dev/hda8    8609 9377 6176961   83 Linux
/dev/hda9    9378 9390 104391    83 Linux

On /dev/hda1 its installed windowsXP and on /dev/hda5 it is WindowsME.
/dev/hda9 is /boot partition and /dev/hda8 is /root partition.. I am using Fedora Core1 with bootable floppy every time.

Now I want to know on which partition I have to install Gurb??????????
BECAUSE once a time I installed Grub on /dev/hda1 which is marked as * sign may be a boot partition..So after installing grub I was enable to boot linux from Grub menu but not Windows. I give the following command..
grub-install /dev/hda1...............Uffffffffffff
What happend after doing that I dont know, so I tryed to repair this problem with several methods but gained nothing..Becuase the file system on /dev/hda1 was Fat32 after installing grub its changed to RAW.. I formatted the partition magic 8 and converted it back into Fat32 and installed WindowsXP/ME again...

I dont want to do this again. I need your help to keep Windows and Linux.
 
Old 10-24-2004, 05:27 PM   #2
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grub-install /dev/hda1...............Uffffffffffff
What happend after doing that I dont know
Your problem there is you installed it into the first partition ( /dev/hda1 ) instead of the
MBR ( /dev/hda ) where you should have it.

Use this command: grub-install /dev/hda
 
  


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