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Old 07-19-2012, 01:19 AM   #1
dundu
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Unhappy [SOLVED]Windows not booting after edit bootloader


Hi,


Yesterday i am just edited grub.conf file (removed time out) ,after that my windows not booting.
Boot selection coming but if i select windows pointer blinks in the corner
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[root@unknown00197dccf8c8 ~]# cat /etc/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,4)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda6
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sda

title Red Hat Enterprise Linux (2.6.32-71.el6.i686)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-71.el6.i686 ro root=UUID=d977c85b-9be8-4470-a0c3-d7e06301b1e1 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-71.el6.i686.img
title others
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
splashimage=(hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu

[root@unknown00197dccf8c8 ~]#



So any suggection is appreciated
 
Old 07-19-2012, 01:31 AM   #2
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In your grub.conf file two entries are missing

default --> decide to boot from which kernel
timeout --> How much time wait for user input

If you wants to boot windows by default mention "default 1" in your grub.conf file.
 
Old 07-19-2012, 01:58 AM   #3
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HI,


Thats's working i added aline "hiddenmenu"
______________

hiddenmenu
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux (2.6.32-71.el6.i686)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-71.el6.i686 ro root=UUID=d977c85b-9be8-4470-a0c3-d7e06301b1e1 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-71.el6.i686.img
title others
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
splashimage=(hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

Thanks rmugunthn

Last edited by dundu; 07-19-2012 at 02:02 AM.
 
  


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