Triple boot:XP,ubuntu&FC5 grub failed

[Roby]

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.