okay, so i as of right now i have four partitions on my 80GB hardrive, hd0. i have windows vista on a 46.9GB partition, Fedora FC8 on a 15.6GB partition, a 1.3GB swap partition for linux, and a 10.6GB partition for windows XP.

i just recently installed XP and because of it, XP now is the only thing that boots. i was able to get Vista to boot just by putting in the repair disk and fixing the start up options. so now Vista is the only booting system. what i could do is use EasyBCD to allow both XP and vista to boot, but i want to use GRUB so Fedora can boot too.

the problem is i cant get GRUB to boot.

i've looked around various forums, and have tried many things.
first i tried putting in the Fedora disk and using the recover system option to get to a command line. this is what i have done so far:
# grub
// which brings me to the grub command line)
# find /boot/grub/stage1/
// now i know where the grub bootloader is (i think)
# setup (hd2)
Error 12: Invalid device request
// i also tried this
# root (hd0,0)
# setup (hd0)

this did not work so i exited the grub menu and went back to the command line for the system

i then tried this:
#chroot /mtn/sysimage
#/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda
// it says that there is no such file or directory for '/dev/hda'
// i also tried '/dev/hda2' and '/dev/hda0'

this also did not work.

i have yet to make a GRUB floppy or disk, mainly because i dont know how make one or how to use it, so that will be a last case senario.

so i ask "what can i do?"
i really dont want to have to reinstall Fedora.
i need help here guys
how can i get Grub to start again.

Boot into your Fedora rescue CD. If the rescue CD has the option to boot an existing Linux partition then use that to get to your Fedora system.

If the fedora rescue won't boot an existing partition then mount the Fedora partition from the rescue CD and use the chroot command to change your root to the Fedora / partition.

However you get to your Fedora system then run the grub-install command to put grub back on the MBR.

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Steve Stites

it looks like you have
hd0,0 vista
hd0,1 core
hd0,2 linux sw
hd0,3 xp

you appear to have not shown the result of the grub find command but IMHO it is (hd0,1)

so try

insert any of the linux cd.press ctrl+alt+f2
then u will get a shell prompt

enter the following code
replace x with ur fedora linux partition

When your frustration levels exceed your ability to deal with grub, google Super Grub Disk.