Help! Can't get back into WinXP-- Error 13: Invalid...

[Karl Larsen]

Ken McLennan wrote:
> G'day there Again,
>
>    I just looked up Grub error messages on Google and found:
>
> 13 : Invalid or unsupported executable format
>    This error is returned if the kernel image being loaded is not
>    recognized as Multiboot or one of the supported native formats
>    (Linux zImage or bzImage, FreeBSD, or NetBSD).
>    In this instance your kernel image is for WinXP but following the 
> above logic it seems Grub can't read it. Therefore I'm now more 
> convinced that it's because your kernel can't read the windows 
> partition format.
>
>    Does anybody else agree or can positively write off this approach?
>
> See ya
> Ken McLennan
> Qld, Australia
>
    Well let me first say my thought to change (hd0,0) was a real error. 
I was thinking about something else. Now if the Grub error talks about 
not finding a kernel I think there are a lot of things to be wrong. At 
(hd0,0) you should find Windows. If not expect a much harder problem!

    If you look at the grub entry for windows it calls for no kernel 
search. It is trying to load windows. So it looks complex to me.

Karl


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