GRUB hangs with Windows 2000

[Soo-Hyun Choi]

On 6/13/05, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com> wrote:
> Soo-Hyun Choi wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've installed Hoary 5.04 with the machine which has Windows 2000
> > already. After successful installation, I tried to boot Windows 2000
> > but it hung.
> 
> What is the last thing that was printed/seen on the screen?

I can only see the following lines at Windows 2000 startup and then it hangs.

Booting 'Windows NT/2000/XP'

root(hd0,0)
  Filesystem type is fat, partition type 0xc
makeactive
chainloader +1




> 
> >
> > The menu.lst file for the Windows 2000 part is as follows:
> > title           Windows NT/2000/XP
> > root            (hd0,0)
> > makeactive
> > chainloader     +1
> >
> 
> That is what mine looks like too.
> 
> Was there a free partition before you started the Ubuntu install, or did you
> resize the windows partition to make room?
> 

The total HDD size is 40GB, and Win2k had C and D drive each has 20GB.
I erased D drive and freed up the partition for Ubuntu installation.

Would that be a problem?


> Carl K
> 


Thank you!