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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers boot loader problem - can't load linux Post 92277 by shx2 on Friday 9th of December 2005 01:07:54 AM
Old 12-09-2005
boot loader problem - can't load linux
Hi
i have both Linux and Windows XP on my PC.
i used to use grub as a boot loader and everything was perfect, until
i reinstalled Windows.
apparently, Windows installer installed its own bootloader, that
doesn't recognize Linux.

i tried using a tool called GrubInstaller for Windows, and now i can
choose to boot either "Windows" or "Grub" OS, but when i choose Grub,
i get a grub-command-line shell, and i don't know how (and don't want)
to use it to load my Linux.

I tried to reinstall Grub using my Redhat installation CD, but on the
screen i should choose the operating system to update (or install a
new one), i choose my Linux installation, press OK, and get an error:

"Error enabling swap device hda6: invalid argument. This most likely
means this swap partition has not been initialized."

so my questions are:
1) how can i make NT boot loader load my Linux installation
2) how can i install Grub from Windows?
3) is the swap-device problem related to this issue? or will i still
have this problem once i get a bootloader to load Linux?

tx in advance
 

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os_type

os_type(3alleg4)						  Allegro manual						  os_type(3alleg4)

NAME

       os_type - Stores the detected type of the OS. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       extern int os_type;

DESCRIPTION

       Set by allegro_init() to one of the values:

	  OSTYPE_UNKNOWN    - unknown, or regular MSDOS
	  OSTYPE_WIN3	    - Windows 3.1 or earlier
	  OSTYPE_WIN95	    - Windows 95
	  OSTYPE_WIN98	    - Windows 98
	  OSTYPE_WINME	    - Windows ME
	  OSTYPE_WINNT	    - Windows NT
	  OSTYPE_WIN2000    - Windows 2000
	  OSTYPE_WINXP	    - Windows XP
	  OSTYPE_WIN2003    - Windows 2003
	  OSTYPE_WINVISTA   - Windows Vista
	  OSTYPE_OS2	    - OS/2
	  OSTYPE_WARP	    - OS/2 Warp 3
	  OSTYPE_DOSEMU     - Linux DOSEMU
	  OSTYPE_OPENDOS    - Caldera OpenDOS
	  OSTYPE_LINUX	    - Linux
	  OSTYPE_SUNOS	    - SunOS/Solaris
	  OSTYPE_FREEBSD    - FreeBSD
	  OSTYPE_NETBSD     - NetBSD
	  OSTYPE_IRIX	    - IRIX
	  OSTYPE_DARWIN     - Darwin
	  OSTYPE_QNX	    - QNX
	  OSTYPE_UNIX	    - Unknown Unix variant
	  OSTYPE_BEOS	    - BeOS
	  OSTYPE_MACOS	    - MacOS
	  OSTYPE_MACOSX     - MacOS X

SEE ALSO

       allegro_init(3alleg4), os_version(3alleg4), os_multitasking(3alleg4)

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