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# 8  
Old 07-09-2005
RTM, I'm not talking about UNIX vs Linux... I'm talking about Linux vs Linux which is the same thank you very much.
# 9  
Old 07-11-2005
Ok... this is getting annoying..

Yesterday, I reinstalled Linux which wrote over the MBR with GRUB, ok? Then I could navigate to Windows using the "other" on the OS selection list. Now this morning, I returned MBR to its original state and then I put together my boot.ini file... and this is what it looks like

BOOT.INI
Code:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
c:\boot.lnx = "Linux (Fedora Core 3)"

Ok, so now... I'm thinking it's something wrong with the LNX file that's on my Windows installation on of the root drive (C:\) It's all garbled! (which maybe it's supposed to be)

BOOT.LNX
Code:
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€„  |D f1ˆ@f‰D1ˆˆˆ@‰D1ˆf‰fD|f1f4ˆT
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does anyone have this file that might give me a hint as to if it looks alright or not?
# 10  
Old 07-11-2005
Yes it is supposed to be "all garbled". It's not ascii coding, it's the first 512 bytes of your boot partition Smilie

Can you remember your partition structure off the top of your head? (or even better if you can get it exactly).

When you installed GRUB did you take a fresh copy of the boot sector (BOOT.LNX as you have it here)?

d11
# 11  
Old 07-12-2005
how exactly do you make a fresh copy? I tried putting onto a floppy using the mounted MSDOS disc and the file I collected was empty so it did nothing when I selected it from the OS selection screne. Whats the proper procedure? (I might have gotten it wrong)
# 12  
Old 07-12-2005
Also by partition structure... do you mean this:

My Partitions

Code:
HDA(1) WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL
HDA2   LINUX FEDORA CORE 3
HDA3   SWAP

 
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