Dual boot not working

[Bluga]

I installed Rehat 7.3 however when the GRUB loader menu shows up my Windows 2000 won't boot, any ideas?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Check the GRUB config file.

 

[Bluga]

where can i see it? Thanks a lot.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Bluga
where can i see it? Thanks a lot.

It should be in /etc

 

[Bluga]

i use NTFS for my Windows partition, could that cause problem for daul boot?

 

[Bluga]

up.

 

[n0cmonkey]

NTFS shouldnt be a problem.

What happens when you select the Win2k selection? Is the config file correctly configured? Have you seen anything in the GRUB documents about this?

 

[Bluga]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
NTFS shouldnt be a problem.

What happens when you select the Win2k selection? Is the config file correctly configured? Have you seen anything in the GRUB documents about this?

the screen gies black for one second, then comes back!

 

[mcangeli]

Ok, if you can boot in to your linux install, look in /boot/grub for a menu.lst file (you probably have to be root in order to edit it...) or look in your /etc folder for the menu.lst file.

In that file look for a section that looks like:

# Below needed only for people who dual-boot
title=Windows NT Workstation
root (hd0,5) 
chainloader +1

If it is there, then grub is configured properly. and it should work. Also, is your windows install on the first bootable partition? (Use fdisk to check that). Windows is picky when it comes to which partition its on...