On Mon, January 15, 2007 11:29 am, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: > Hi all, > > I've installed CentOS 4.4 in a box which previously had dual boot (XP > SP2 and Ubuntu) > > I can run CentOS without problem but I can't boot XP SP2. When I try it > the system simply hangs... > > [root at seth ~]# fdisk -l > Disco /dev/hdb: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes > 255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 4865 cilindros > Unidades = cilindros de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disposit. Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 1 4865 39078081 83 Linux > /dev/hdb4 * 1 1 0 0 Vacía > La partición 4 no termina en un límite de cilindro. > > Disco /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes > 255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 19457 cilindros > Unidades = cilindros de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disposit. Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 10445 83891399 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 10446 10476 249007+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda3 * 10477 19203 70099627+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 19204 19457 2040255 82 Linux swap > > And... > > [root at seth ~]# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > # > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this > file > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. > # root (hd1,1) > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda3 > # initrd /initrd-version.img > #boot=/dev/hdb > default=1 > timeout=5 > splashimage=(hd1,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > hiddenmenu > title CentOS (2.6.9-42.0.3.EL) > root (hd1,1) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.img > #title CentOS-4 i386 (2.6.9-42.ELsmp) > # root (hd1,1) > # kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet > # initrd /initrd-2.6.9-42.ELsmp.img > #title CentOS-4 i386-up (2.6.9-42.EL) > # root (hd1,1) > # kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.EL ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet > # initrd /initrd-2.6.9-42.EL.img > title XP SP2 > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > And, finally... > > [root at seth ~]# cat /boot/grub/device.map > # this device map was generated by anaconda > (fd0) /dev/fd0 > (hd0) /dev/hdb > (hd1) /dev/sda > > Alls seems good but the problem stills there: no error messages, simply > hangs... > > ¿Any clue? > > -- > Jordi Espasa Clofent > > PGP id 0xC5ABA76A #http://pgp.mit.edu/ > FSF Associate Member id 4281 #http://www.fsf.org/ > You could always boot into the Windows Recovery console if it is windows 2000 or XP and run fixmbr and fixboot. This will verify that you have a correctly working boot sector for Windows. Then you will need to boot into recovery mode off of a CentOS cd and run grub-install. This has worked for me in the past. -- Matthew Martz CentOS Mirror Admin mdmartz at gflug.net