Triple boot:XP,ubuntu&FC5 grub failed
Roby
electricalsciences at adelphia.net
Wed Aug 30 22:08:07 UTC 2006
Mirko Scurk wrote:
>
> Roby wrote:
>> Gayal wrote:
>>
>>> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
>>> #
> ...
>>> title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
>>> root (hd0,7)
>>> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb
>>> quiet
>>> initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img
>>> title Ubuntu
>>> rootnoverify (hd0,6)
>>> chainloader +1
>>> title Win XP
>>> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>>> chainloader +1
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Notice the similarity of Ubuntu and Win stanzas generated by anaconda.
>> Well, this will never do. Ubuntu's entry ought to be more like FC,
>> the other linux that dwells on your HD. Something like ...
>>
>> title Ubuntu
>> root (hd0,6)
>> kernel (copy this from menu.lst kernel line in Ubuntu)
>> initrd (also from Ubuntu's menu.lst)
>>
>
> Or not, if he instaled grub from ubuntu on ubuntu partition. Then
> chainloader makes sense!
>
Yes, but it should not result in error 13.
As an experiment, I modified my menu.lst to call chainloader ... where
I have grub installed in mbr. Result was error 13, same result as OP.
Of course, there are other reasons for error 13 I suppose.
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