Thank you Q. Gong, Bob Hilliard and Mike Crawford... I do notice now the correct setup command would be grub> root (hd0,11) #my / partition grub> setup (hd0) #not (hd0,0) and after again reviewing the docs I see clearly where I messed up, it all sounds logical enough, now let me repair with fixboot, fixmbr and give it a shot... I will let you know how it turns out.
Shawn --- "Q. Gong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMHO, the setup command should be > grub> setup (hd0) > Then the grub stage1 file is located in the MBR of your hard disk. > (hd0,0) > stands for the partition /dev/hda1, which is in your case the NTFS > partition. The command setup (hd0,0) will install grub in the "MBR" > of > /dev/hda1, instead of /dev/hda. That's the reason why your W2K was > destroyed. Fortunately, you have command fixboot and fixmbr. > > Good luck, > > Qian > > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Shawn Lamson wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 08:09:45 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Shawn Lamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: dual boot win2k and debian > > Resent-Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 10:09:50 -0500 (CDT) > > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I tried running from floppy grub prompt > > grub> root (hd0,11) > > grub> setup (hd0,0) > > at which point it said it successfully updated the MBR and > installed > > the grub files... then i rebooted and could get to debian fine, > but > > rebooted again and when selecting the option for windows 2000 it > just > > came back to the grub menu.lst display... I tried the command line > > option and several variations of the following: > > grub> rootnoverify (hd0,0) > > grub> makeactive > > grub> chainloader (hd0,0)+1 > > also tried it without the "makeactive", root (hd0,0) , root > (hd0,11), > > chainloader +1, chainloader = (hd0,0)+1, chainloader = +1... > > (i don't think the "=" is necessary, it isnt necessary in grub > options > > statements)... > > so it looks like the same thing happened as before, grub installed > to > > the MBR but changed the "filesystem type" or corrupted the > Partition > > Table or something, I cannot mount the ntfs partition from here > > (Debian) whereas when windows2000 is working i can mount the > > partition... i will have to run fixboot and fixmbr from the win2k > CD to > > get back to windows 2000. > > > > Shawn > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== Shawn Lamson Debian/GNU Linux Woody Kernel 2.2.19pre17 XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System Jesus Loves You! __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
