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Old 05-16-2005, 10:00 AM   #1
mahmoudkhn
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Question 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
 
Old 05-17-2005, 12:49 AM   #2
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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
 
Old 06-08-2005, 06:33 AM   #3
mahmoudkhn
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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
 
  


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