not able to boot to XP ? pls help guys

[timesking]

thank you for see this thread.. guys am really in a fix .. n need help urgently.. i have installed fedora 12 on system(dual boot with XP) i can see the two boot options i.e., Windows XP n Fedora in grub.. but not able to XP.. cursor keeps blinking .. i can boot into fedora but.. pls help me fix this..

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf1bfe780

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 2550 20480000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 5100 19457 115330635 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3 * 2550 2933 3072000 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 2933 3315 3072000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda5 5100 10198 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 10199 15935 46082421 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 15936 19457 28290433+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.1 GB, 80060424192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8ba08ba0

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2550 6375 30720000 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2 6375 9734 26981376 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb3 1 765 6144000 83 Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb5 6375 9734 26980352 7 HPFS/NTFS

Partition table entries are not in disk order


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[glennzo]

Can you please post the output of the command

su -c 'cat /boot/grub/menu.lst'

[timesking]

Originally Posted by glennzo

Can you please post the output of the command

su -c 'cat /boot/grub/menu.lst'

[root@localhost ~]# su -c 'cat /boot/grub/menu.lst'
# 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 (hd1,2)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sdb3
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sdb
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd1,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd1,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 ro root=UUID=bc0cf89b-255b-4de7-85f5-0ccfdbf3e354 nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64.img
title windows XP
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

[glennzo]

Your grub configuration is trying to load Windows from the second hard disk, first partition (hd1,0). Is Windows actually installed on that disk or is it somewhere else? First hard disk maybe?

[timesking]

s.. so how do i make it boot from my first harddisk??

XP is installed on first harddisk.. i.e. 160GB HDD where 20GB primary partition is XP..

[glennzo]

Change the Windows boot stanza to look like this.

title windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

Changing the 1 to a 0. Now we're telling grub to boot Windows from the first hard disk first partition. Save and reboot. See if Windows will boot now.

[timesking]

ok thank you much dude.. now its booted to XP.. thank you for help..

[glennzo]

OK, good. You're welcome "dude"