Dual Booting Windows

[David Walker]

Thanks Bob, that was the problem.  Hopefully with the hoary release it 
becomes more stable.

--
dave

bob_beyng553 wrote:

> Sounds like the drive geometry issue has hit you. Was thought to be 
> fixed in Warty, but seems like it still shows up for some people for 
> some reason (me included). See 
> https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566 .
>
> A long explanation of the cause and a fix is here: 
> http://lwn.net/Articles/86835/ . While referencing Fedora, it applies 
> to Ubuntu as well. The core of the repair is here:
>
> 1) Try changing from AUTO to LBA mode in your BIOS for your hard drive.
>
> 2) Follow the instructions in the LWN article and use the sfdisk -d 
> /dev/hda | sfdisk --no-reread -H255 /dev/hda commands to reset the 
> drive geometry.
>
> No promises that this is your problem, but if it is, one of the two 
> above should work.
>
> HTH,
>
> Bob
>
> David Walker wrote:
>
>> I had a Windows (sp2) install on a box of mine and installed off one 
>> of those chique cd's.  However post-install I am unable to boot 
>> windows.  GRUB tries to boot into windows by chainloader +1 but it 
>> justs stops there, and does not go into booting it.  Any ideas or 
>> where I can find out how to get it to boot again.  Thanks.
>>
>> -- 
>> dave
>>
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