dual boot system..

[lalitvicky85]

hi Friends,
i've installed mandriva spring edition on my system along with windows xp.
after installition, it was working fine but i was not able to boot xp. mistakenly i reinstalled xp and now i can't boot from linux.
both OS r installed in different partitions.
how i can boot from mandriva without re-installing it.
plz help me....
thanks in advance...

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Try using the SuperGRUB LiveCD to fix your bootloader.

[devils casper]

AFAIK, there is an option for GRUB re-install in Mandriva installation CD/DVD. I would suggest you to boot up from Installation CD/DVD and select that option to re-install GRUB, if any.

[bonusbill42]

I've had a similar problem - and it hinges on a 160gb external USB HD attached when I initially installed Mandriva. If I remove the USB HD and use the "repair grub" from the install disk, it DID work, however, when I re-attach the external USB HD, it get that dreaded Grub error 22 and it stops dead. Presently, I am reformating the external HD, hoping that there was something installed on the disk by Mandriva. If that doesn't fix the problem, I may just have to delete Mandriva entirely. By the way, I triple boot - Win 98, Win XP and Mandriva. Mandriva is on its own drive (secondary).

Let me know in case you need more info.
Bill

[Roby18]

Can someone help ?

I have on my laptop 2 system's. Windows Vista and Mandriva, Vista instaled first. Now i can't boot Vista, because vista in not an option at boot. What can i do, because i do not want to loss vista system.

I am new in linux and sorry for mistakes, but i am not wery well in english .

[yancek]

It's not clear from your post if you can boot Mandriva but, I will assume you can. If so, log in to a terminal in Mandriva and run the command: fdisk -l (that's a lower case Letter L) and post the output. Also from the terminal as root, navigate to the menu.lst file: cat /boot/grub/menu.lst and post the entry for vista. This information will enable someone to explain how to get your vista to boot, assuming there are no other unknown problems?

[Roby18]

Yes i boot mandriva normaly. I assume you think "konsole", when you say "terminal" ?
Sorry but i don't know how to type those command in ..
YANCEK please help, i need more detail's what to do.

[devils casper]

Open Konsole or Terminal and type this

su -
fdisk -l

Post output here.

* Its small L in fdisk -l.

Post the contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst file too.

[devils casper]

Open Konsole or Terminal and type this

su -
fdisk -l

Post output here.

* Its small L in fdisk -l.

Post the contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst file too.

[Roby18]

Thanks for help, but i find the other way to fix it.

menu/tools/system tools/configure your computer/

there you chose "BOOT" and "Set up boot system"

Bootleader to use : you chose your HDD and click NEXT

click ADD and chose "other OS, WINDOWS"

and then you must selest the particion of windows