Fedora6/Win2K dual-boot problem

[peterv6]

I have a dual-boot PC with FC6 & Win2K which has worked perfectly for a few weeks. Today I modified the grub.conf file so that Win2K would be the default OS selected. When I rebooted, I got the message "NTLDR.exe is missing, press any key to restart". I restored the grub.conf file to it's original state, but that didn't resolve the problem. Does anyone know if there's a way to fix this problem without having to do a complete reinstall of Windows? I'm a relative newbie to Linux, so please take that into consideration if describing a solution.
Thanks....

[Seve]

Hello:
Can you post the output of
cat /etc/grub.conf
and
fdisk -l

Seve

[peterv6]

Steve,
Below is the info you requested. One note: the grub.conf file on my system is in /boot/grub, not /etc. This was something the install did by default, I did not place it there. Thanks for your help.
Peter V.


# find / -type f -name 'grub.conf'
/boot/grub/grub.conf
# cat /boot/grub/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 (hd0,6)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=15
splashimage=(hd0,6)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6)
root (hd0,6)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img
title Windows 2000 Professional SP4
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
#

# cls
# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1277 9729 67898722+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda2 * 1 1276 10249438+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1277 3826 20482843+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 5166 9729 36660298+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 3827 3839 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 3840 5165 10651063+ 8e Linux LVM

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/hdc: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 * 2 14593 117210240 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdc5 2 3826 30724281 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hdc6 3827 7651 30724281 b W95 FAT32
/dev/hdc7 7652 11475 30716248+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hdc8 11476 14593 25045303+ b W95 FAT32
#

[stevea]

If your Win is on /dev/hda1, then the corrent grub name for it is (hd0,0).
Your rootnoverify line says (hd0,1).

[peterv6]

Steve,
I tried your suggestion and rebooted. At the grub menu, I selected Windows 2000, it then went to a black screen with the following text:

Booting Windows 2000

rootnotify(hd0,0)
chainloader +1

It is now hung there doing nothing. Any ideas?

[Figment]

dont know if this is a typo, but it should be
rootnoverify(hd0,0)

not
rootnotify(hd0,0)

[peterv6]

Unfortunately, it was a typo in the post, not in the grub.conf.

[Seve]

Hello:

If you still get a boot error, then you may have to repair the mbr of the windows disk and re-install grub.
You can do that with booting from the win disk and in the repair console when you come to the C:\
type
fixmbr

exit and reboot and see if windows boots okay. If it does, then you can re-install grub
boot from your FC install disc and type
linux rescue
follow along [do not require network] until the last prompt #
then type
chroot /mnt/sysimage
then type
fdisk -l
to confirm where everything is
then to install grub again on the mbr of /dev/hda [assuming that was original location ?]

grub-install --recheck /dev/hda

type exit when done and reboot and see how it goes.

Seve

[peterv6]

I followed your directions, but nothing's changed, I'm getting the same problem as before. Back to the drawing board. Thanks anyway....