Linux Help!!!!!

[Anubis]

ok for some reason my last thred got locked anyway. i got it upo and runnin only 1 problim it wont let me log into windows!!!!!!! the 2 Operating syustems are on 2 diff HDs i get a boot manager screne and all i can select is Linux. so i tried unplugin the second HD and just usein teh one windows was on. wont boot i get a no HD error. i tried to do a win 2k repair with my cd that went through but still cant log into windows. Someone Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i installed red hat 7.2

i really dont want to have to format my Hds that would really piss me off.

 

[Heisenberg]

What OS is on the drive that is the master on the IDE channel? If it's Windows, boot from a floppy that has "fdisk.exe" on it and do "fdisk /mbr". This will let you get back into Windows but will overwrite LILO so you won't be able to get back into Linux without a little bit of work.

 

[Anubis]

windows is on the master linux slave
and what floppy has fdisk on it?
i have set up my rescue disks for win2k is it on one of them?

 

[Heisenberg]

No, it's different from the rescue disks. If you're on a 98 machine make a boot floppy by formating and selecting the copy system files option. Then just copy fdisk.exe onto the floppy (just search for it and cut and paste). If you're in 2k, download a 98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com - it should have fdisk.exe on it.

 

[Anubis]

ok ill try that out later right now im driunkin friday night and all. i dont mind loosin llinux as long as i can get back into win 2k ill be happy

 

[Nothinman]

Why not just setup the Linux boot loader to let you choose Windows?

 

[Anubis]

how do i do that? i thought i did it when i first installed linux

 

[Nothinman]

Any idea whether LILO or Grub is the bootloader installed?

 

[Anubis]

no clue. i do remember seeing both as anoption tho really dont remember which was chosen.
mandrake installed so much easier on my bros computer

 

[Nothinman]

Boot up Linux and type 'rpm -q lilo' and 'rpm -q grub'

One of them should give you a version number, that'll say whether lilo or grub is installed.

 

[Anubis]

yea i would do that that but i cant get into linux because for some reasoni cant log in cause non of the passwords i set 3work. i nredy to throw my comp out the window

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< yea i would do that that but i cant get into linux because for some reasoni cant log in cause non of the passwords i set 3work. i nredy to throw my comp out the window >>


sounds like the problem lies somewhere between the chair and the keyboard. try looking there and report back

 

[Anubis]

yea hahahahahah

 

[Anubis]

ok i finally got back and am booted into linux. and figured out that im runnin grub for the boot loader. now what do i do to get back to windows?

 

[Nothinman]

Find menu.lst (believe it's in /boot/grub) and add the lines:

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1


On the second line, change the hd number and partition number to match the ones were you have Windows installed.

 

[Anubis]

yea i found that and t said that nautlius doent have the reqyuired program to view that

 

[Nothinman]

Use any text editor

 

[Anubis]

ok i tried opening it oin teh text viewre and it said i didnt have permission to do that arhgh

 

[Nothinman]

You have to login as root or use 'su' and use a console editor.

 

[Anubis]

ok ill give that a shot. how do i log in as `su`? and where is teh command console and how do i use it

 

[Anubis]

ok im loged in as root. now what? im sorry but you gonna have to pretty much walk me threw this step by step

 

[Anubis]

ok i have it upen and can add the lines you said just 1 question. can i ad them anywhere in the file do it matter if it is above or below whats in there now??
also windows in on my master HD withno partitions so what numbers would i put in this line? rootnoverify (hd0,1)

 

[Nothinman]

Yes hd0 is the first hard disk and 1 means the first partition, that should be what you need.

As long as you don't put them in the middle of the Linux entry you should be able to put them anywhere.

 

[Anubis]

oki pasted that in just like you had it writtenand it gave me a no such partition error when i tried to select windows from the boot loader

 

[Nothinman]

Oh yea, change 1 to 0 for the partition number, not sure what I was thinking, 0 is first partition.