Help! Can't get back into WinXP-- Error 13: Invalid...

[Rashkae]

Ken McLennan wrote:
> G'day there Again,
> 
>    I just looked up Grub error messages on Google and found:
> 
> 13 : Invalid or unsupported executable format
>    This error is returned if the kernel image being loaded is not
>    recognized as Multiboot or one of the supported native formats
>    (Linux zImage or bzImage, FreeBSD, or NetBSD).
>    In this instance your kernel image is for WinXP but following the
> above logic it seems Grub can't read it. Therefore I'm now more
> convinced that it's because your kernel can't read the windows partition
> format.
> 
>    Does anybody else agree or can positively write off this approach?
> 

Write off

When you use the chainloader command, Grub doesn't try to load any
kernels, but just tries to boot off the partition (the same as dos mbr
would do.)

I would like to ask, how many hard drives are in this system, and what
is the partition layout?


Also, can the OP post the entire menu.lst?  (would be a hoot if the
error is in the next 'title' line and grub was trying to include
directives from the next entry)