hi,

I have problems starting up my computer.
I have both WinXp and Linux Mandriva on my computer both in different hard disks. When i attempt to boot into WinXp it stops at "verifying dmi pool data..."

WinXP is in hda1
Mandriva is in hdb(boot from floppy)


On the other hand when i boot mandriva, it says hda1 doesnt exist.

I hope someone can help me get thru this problem.

--Jack--

Did you recently put in the second hard disk? If so, are the jumper settings on the hard disks (master/slave) ok?
What also might help is to post you your menu.lst

#####this is the contents of the menu.lst#######

timeout 10
shade 1
viewport 3 2 77 22
splashimage (hd1,0)/boot/grub/mdv-grub_splash.xpm.gz
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 nolapic resume=/dev/hdb5 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd.img

title New
kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16.13 root=/dev/hdb1 nolapic vga=788

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 nolapic resume=/dev/hdb5
initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 failsafe resume=/dev/hdb5
initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd.img

title windows
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1


###End of content####


the hard disk has been there for about 5 months.
It worked fine till i loaded linux(mandriva).
I have removed the jumper to allow auto-detect.

---Pls Advice---
---Thank You---