grub keeps messing up my XP install, help me resurrect it

bubba

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Oct 10, 1999
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OK, I installed XP, configured it and updated it. Then I installed RedHat 7.3 and used GRUB as a bootloader and installed it to the MBR. It detected both my Linux and WinXP install and I just edited the title to say WinXP instead of DOS.

Now, when I boot I can get into Linux, but not into XP. It just drops me into a GRUB prompt. I have tried to resurrect it both from Linux and from the WinXP recovery mode.

How can I boot back into XP??? I have been reading all I can in the grub manual and searching all over the net. However, it appears that I have the correct syntax, but WinXP still won't boot!!! This is driving me nuts, please help!

Here is my grub.conf:



# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd0,4)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-4)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-4 ro root=/dev/hda5
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-4.img
title Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,6)
chainloader +1
 

bubba

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Here is my partition information (all on /dev/hda)

1 Dell util partition
2 Suspend to disk partition
3 NTFS (WinXP)
4 Extended wrapper
5 Linux (ext3)
6 Linux swap
7 FAT32 (win/linux sharing)