Dual boot probems WinXP and FC3
 

Hi All,

I had a dual boot laptop or Windows XP and FC3, which was working fine until my Windows XP crashed and I had to reinstall it

After the Windows XP reinstallation, I have made the following change in the C:/boot.ini file of windows XP.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\linux.bin="Linux Fedora Core 3"

I had copied the linux.bin file before I reinstalled Windows XP and once Windows XP was reinstalled, I just put the "linux.bin" file back to its original location.

The "linux.bin" file was made when both Windows XP and FC3 were working fine and I used the command:
dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/mnt/floppy/linux.bin bs=512 count=1 to make the linux.bin file.

And now after that I have reinstalled Windows XP, and copied the same "linux.bin" file back to the C:\ directory and when I select the "Linux Fedora Core 3" at boot time, it gives me the following error message:


"[minimal BASH-Like line editing is supported] For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible complettion of a device/filename"

Any idea of how I can correct this problem?

Thank you all in advance for helping me fix the problem.

Mahmoud

I wonder if your FC3 got corrupted as well? looks like GRUB cant find something or it thinks your linux partition is no good . If you have a live cd try booting that and see if you can mount your FC3 parts without error

Dual boot probems WinXP and FC3
 

Thanks Dommy for your help,

I'm not sure if the FC3 is corrupted as well because when I boot it in emergency mode using FC3 1st disk, it recognizes the /root partition and all of its contents.

while logged in emergency mode, I tried this comman also:

dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/win/fedora/linux.bin bs=512 count=1

And then I replaced the old linux.bin file in Drive C with this new one and still no luck :(