Bootloader Problem between fedora 11 and windows vista

**Ashish Sood** · 25th August 2009, 07:23 AM

Hi Guys,

Yesterday i install Fedora 11 over windows vista , installation is went fine , and i can successfully login into a Fedora 11 , but and now the problem is that when i start windows vista its say Bootmgr is missing , after that i install the bootloader of windows vista , so windows vista is running fine , but after that bootloader of linux is corrupt,after that is install the linux grub, after that windows vista boot loader is corrupt .

Now i m very fade of this problem . now guys please help me to know how can i can boot both the system successfully without any problem ..

Please Reply me Soon

Best Regards
Ashish Sood

**JEO** · 25th August 2009, 08:42 AM

In Vista, find out in what parition that file named BOOTMGR is. It might be hidden or system attributes. If it is in a small partition maybe F11 is overwriting it with its own small /boot partition.

**Ashish Sood** · 25th August 2009, 08:55 AM

Thanks for reply

how to know , where the bootmgr file in windows vista coz its already missing , when i boot into a vista

***glennzo*** · 25th August 2009, 09:19 AM

Post the result of the commands

Code:

cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

and

Code:

sudo /sbin/fdisk -l

I'd bet you have a recovery partition (hd0,0) and grub is trying to boot Windows from it when Windows is actually on (hd0,1). If that's the case, the Windows entry in the boot loader reads

Code:

rootnoverify (hd0,0)

when it needs to read

Code:

rootnoverify (hd0,1)

**Ashish Sood** · 26th August 2009, 07:03 AM

[output of ]
#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 (hd0,8)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,8)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE)
root (hd0,8)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE.img
title Windows Vista Home Premium x64
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

[Output]
#fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa0000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 25 200781 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 26 1984 15728640 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 1984 5808 30720000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 5808 38914 265919488 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 5808 12182 51200000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 12183 18710 52428800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 18710 22626 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8 22626 25237 20971519+ 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda9 * 25237 25250 102399+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 25250 25902 5242879+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 25902 26297 3170303+ 83 Linux

**David Becker** · 26th August 2009, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by Ashish Sood

[output of ]
#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 (hd0,8)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,8)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE)
root (hd0,8)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i686.PAE.img
title Windows Vista Home Premium x64
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

[Output]
#fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa0000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 25 200781 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 26 1984 15728640 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 1984 5808 30720000 7 HPFS/NTFS

As glennzo suspected (off by 1), your Windows partition would seem to be here (/dev/sda3), so changing

Code:

rootnoverify (hd0,1)

to

Code:

rootnoverify (hd0,2)

in /boot/grub/grub.conf

will likely solve this issue.

David

**Ashish Sood** · 26th August 2009, 07:27 AM

Thanks 4 reply i will try and let u know whats happen

**Ashish Sood** · 26th August 2009, 08:37 AM

Thanks All Of U Guys ,

[Problem Solved]

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**LuciferDevil** · 30th October 2009, 09:00 PM

i am facing the problem of booting Windows XP. Boot loader loads fedora 11 but XP does not.
I have run the following command and the out put is as follows

# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
73 heads, 3 sectors/track, 1427314 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 219 * 512 = 112128 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x09a309a3

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2 1135175 124301553 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda2 1135176 1153879 2048000 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 1153879 1427310 29940736 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda5 2 374065 40960006+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 374066 748129 40960006+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 748130 1122193 40960006+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda8 1122194 1135174 1421311+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1cd81cd7

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 2550 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 2551 24222 174080340 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 2551 7649 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6 7650 24222 133122591 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/dm-0: 14.9 GB, 14927527936 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1814 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/dm-1: 15.7 GB, 15728640000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1912 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table

**stoat** · 30th October 2009, 10:05 PM

Hello LuciferDevil,

It's usually helpful to post the contents of the grub.conf file since that is what is misconfigured usually. You should do that now.

Code:

su
cat /boot/grub/grub.conf

But I think your case may be more interesting than the one of Ashish Sood's above. Here's why I think that...

Your posted fdisk report reveals that there is no XP compatible primary partition (NTFS or FAT32) on /dev/sda. XP (all Windows systems, really) require such a partition for the boot loader files on the drive that boots from BIOS (even if that partition is not the Windows partition). So either /dev/sdb is the drive that boots from BIOS, or a partition on /dev/sda that had been used for the XP boot loader files was destroyed when Fedora was installed. Maybe the grub.conf will shed some light on the matter.

**LuciferDevil** · 31st October 2009, 03:48 AM

Originally Posted by stoat

Hello LuciferDevil,

It's usually helpful to post the contents of the grub.conf file since that is what is misconfigured usually. You should do that now.

Code:

su
cat /boot/grub/grub.conf

But I think your case may be more interesting than the one of Ashish Sood's above. Here's why I think that...

Your posted fdisk report reveals that there is no XP compatible primary partition (NTFS or FAT32) on /dev/sda. XP (all Windows systems, really) require such a partition for the boot loader files on the drive that boots from BIOS (even if that partition is not the Windows partition). So either /dev/sdb is the drive that boots from BIOS, or a partition on /dev/sda that had been used for the XP boot loader files was destroyed when Fedora was installed. Maybe the grub.conf will shed some light on the matter.

Thank you for repply
This is what contains the grub.conf or in the menu.lst file

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 (hd0,7)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_lucifer-LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,7)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.30.9-90.fc11.x86_64)
root (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.30.9-90.fc11.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_lucifer-LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.30.9-90.fc11.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64)
root (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_lucifer-LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.x86_64.img
title Other
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

**stoat** · 31st October 2009, 04:02 AM

You said Fedora is booting. It is (hd0,7) in the grub.conf. Windows (Other) is (hd0,0) in grub.conf. But that partition is an extended partition in the fdisk report. Obviously wrong in grub.conf. And not unheard of. There is only one other partition in your partition layout that can be expected to have the boot loader files for XP. It's (hd1,0). It will do no harm to edit the grub.conf and guess at that.

Code:

su
gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf

Change the "Other" section to this...

Code:

title Other
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

Save the file, reboot, choose "Other" in the menu.

P.S.: No promises. In my imagination, I can think of something else that may have happened to the XP boot loader files.

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