dual boot problem

[R Kimber]

On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 19:46:03 +0200
"Thomas Kaiser (ubuntu)" <ubuntu at kaiser-linux.li> wrote:

> > Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
> >
> >
> This is normal as far as I know. (0x7 means NTFS)
> 
> > savedefault
> > makeactive
> > chainloader +1

> >
> Do you see anything about windoz try to boot?

No just a black screen

> 
> The "chainloader +1" entry tells Grub to execute the code stored in
> the boot record of this partition. Maybe the boot record of your
> Windoz partition is damaged?

I guess that must be right.

> You can try to boot from the Windoz CD and enter "Recovery Mode"
> there should be a command to fix the boot record of the Windoz
> partition (I don't remember the command, but _don't_ use "fixmbr".
> This will overwright the Master Boot Record, which means that Grub is
> gone after this.)

I'll try this later this weekend.

> Is your Windowz partition the first primary partiton on the first IDE 
> drive?
> hd0,0 means 1. primary partition on the 1. IDE drive.

Yes.

> To boot Windoz, it has to be a primary partition (I don't know if it
> has to be the 1. primary partition) and the boot flag has to be
> active. But the "makeactive" should do the trick on this one.
> 
> I don't think I am any help. But if you could post the output of
> "mount" and "fdisk -l" while in Ubuntu could may help.

mount gives:-
/dev/hda1 on /mnt/windows type ntfs (rw)
and fdisk -l gives:-
/dev/hda1   *           1       81266    40957686    7  HPFS/NTFS

Thanks for your comments.
- Richard
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Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/