GRUB stopping reinstall of windows XP.

[Qqmike]

Re: GRUB stopping reinstall of windows XP.

You have to chainload into it.

If it is on the partition (hdx,y), then in your menu.lst, do:

title Chainload into Dell Recovery
root (hdx,y)
chainloader +1


Or, when you boot and see the GRUB menu, hit the "c" key, then do these commands at the GRUB prompt you get:

grub>root (hdx,y)
grub>chainloader +1
grub>boot

(you need boot at the prompt; you don't need it in menu.lst as it is implied there)


(hdx,y)
Hard drive x. Grub counts them starting at zero. sda (usually) is hd0, sdb usually is hd1, etc.
y = partition number and again, for GRUB 0.97, they are counted from zero. First partition is partition 0.
E.g., sda1 = (hd0,0), sda2 = (hd0,1); sdb7 = (hd1,6); etc.


(GRUB 2 counts hard drives the same way, from zero; but it counts partitions starting from one.)

[vinnywright]

Re: GRUB stopping reinstall of windows XP.

you could try adding this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst

it's what boot's my recovery partition

title DellRestore
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
savedefault
chainloader +1

I edited it to point to your's ......may or may not work but mite as well try.
after editing the file as root place curser at the end of the last line at the bottom of the file and press enter twice and then save and close the editor and reboot and try the new entry.

to edit as root..............

kdesudo kate /boot/grub/menu.lst

VINNY

EDDIT: OOPS dident see you had allreadey posted this Qqmike I gess I was on page 1 still