Fc2t3 + Xp

[Gr3yh0und]

Good day guys,
first i want to say that i am long using windows XP and always hated linux... but last week i saw fedora core 2 test 3 and was ... how could i say... interested

i soon will give u some fdisk info:

(sorry guys, im using the german version, but i think u know where what stands...)

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Platte /dev/hda: 82.3 GByte, 82348277760 Byte
16 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 159560 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 1008 * 512 = 516096 Bytes
 
   Gerät Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1       20321    10241406    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2           20321      159551    70171920    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5           20321      143295    61978738+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/hda6          143295      157518     7168864+  83  Linux
/dev/hda7          157519      159550     1024096+  82  Linux Swap
 
Platte /dev/hdb: 120.0 GByte, 120034123776 Byte
255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 14593 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 * 512 = 8225280 Bytes
 
   Gerät Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1   *           2       14593   117210240    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdb5               2       14593   117210208+   b  W95 FAT32

So... lets go on. i have as you can see 2 hdds, one IBM 80GB and one WD 120...

the 120 is using for filestorage only... the other is the place für win/progs/temp and games (im only 16 so i think thats normal )

i had 2 partitions on my WINXP, one 10GB for win, progs and one 70GB for "games"... i cutted one part of the games partition (8GB... my brother is quite good in linux but has no time for me... he said ca. 7GB linux and 1GB swap)

so now im using Fedora Core 2 Test 3 and am getting confused x_X

second, i have read a lot with some tweaks and tricky things here ... but nothing helped, so i thought i start my own thread for my own specific problem...

more Info:
grub.conf

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
#          root (hd0,5)
#          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda6
#          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,5)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.356)
	root (hd0,5)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.356 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
	initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.5-1.356.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.351)
	root (hd0,5)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.351 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
	initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.5-1.351.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.327)
	root (hd0,5)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.327 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
	initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.5-1.327.img
title Windows (-defekt-)
	rootnoverify (hd0,0)
	chainloader +1

as you can see i have 3 kernels... (wanted to be always on the newsest, but couldnt only download 327 sources for my nvidia-driver-installing-trys... wont work also but this later)

but when i choose my windows, it doesnt do anything... i also installed grub through

grub-install /dev/hda

new on my MBR but it soon wont work :/

also ive tested this little map(0,1) etc trick, but that will give me an error13 : unkown format or something...


i know its a bit confusing what i am writing here , but i hopw u can also help me...

€dit 2:
i used hd(0,0) cause i think this means first partition on first harddrive...

soon i only want to get my windows work again because linux is soon foreign for me its like throwing a child in a deep deep hole...

http://www.morschi.com

[ghaefb]

title Windows (-defekt-)

why (-defekt-) ??

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

..should be just fine

[Gr3yh0und]

Originally posted by ghaefb
why (-defekt-) ??

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

..should be just fine

i thought so... but my brother was using my comp, too and i named it -defekt ( fault / defect... cause not booting )

i think cause of this is only a name it wont change anything in the booting method...

[Gr3yh0und]

when im booting up it shows me this:

 Booting 'Windows'

 rootnoverify (hd0,0)
 chainloader +1

then it wont do anything...

i thought through my fdsik seeing that hda1 @ ntfs there is a way to boot it... because i want my good old home win

and i though hd(0,0) means first partition on first device...

[Gr3yh0und]

im have now tested everything i could find... but nothing worked...

soon i saw that my firs hdd has some funny partitions

first hda1 @ NTFS @ WIN XP @ 10GB
second hda2 @ FAT32 "ext" @ games & linux @ 70GB

- hda5 @ FAT32 @ games @ 60GB
- hda6 @ Linux @ Linux @ 7GB
- hda7 @ Linux swap @ linux swap @ 1GB

... but why does that 2nd partition interfere with the first one? or how could i damaged my win xp?

sry for my few posts but it must go fast cause i have to work for school x_X... for fast help you can get me on gaim @ 155731653 ICQ

edit:

[root@greyhound root]# mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /windows/C/
mount: Falscher Dateisystemtyp, ungültige Optionen, der
       »Superblock« von /dev/hda2 ist beschädigt oder es sind
       zu viele Dateisysteme eingehängt
       (aren't you trying to mount an extended partition,
       instead of some logical partition inside?)
[root@greyhound root]# mount -t vfat /dev/hda5 /windows/C/
mount: Falscher Dateisystemtyp, ungültige Optionen, der
       »Superblock« von /dev/hda5 ist beschädigt oder es sind
       zu viele Dateisysteme eingehängt

[jale2ice]

I had the same problem booting Windows XP... I tried to reset the mbr but could not. Then reloaded Grub and still had the same hang after selecting Windows...

My Harddrive got so messed up, I was not able to fix it. Partition Magic read an error 110... Only a phone call to their technical support would fix.

Bottom line, I had to buy another hard drive and use Maxtor CD utility to clear the partition tables and wipe it clean.

(Don't try running a new Windows install, it will fail.)

I'm clueless.