i lost my redhat after installing xp on it

[yahooram]

hi everyone

i intalled redhat linux 9 on my system.
but when i install xp ,the grub boot loader is not appear xp is loaded directly.

i follow these steps

boot linux installetion cd 1

press f5 to rescue

write linux rescue on command promt

when prompt provided me again i write
chroot /mnt/sysimage
grub-install /dev/hdc

but it desplay a error message
stage1 file not found in /boot

i have a seperate partition for /boot in my harddisk

please help me

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

It looks like /dev/hdc doesn't have /boot partition. Post the output of fdisk -l command here.

[yahooram]

fdisk -l
/dev/hdc1 ntfs
/dev/hdc2 /boot
/dev/hdc6 swap
/dev/hdc7 / ext3
/dev/hdc8 fat32

[devils casper]

Try this command :

grub-install /dev/hda --recheck

In case it doesn't work, post the contents of /boot folder here.

ls /boot

[yahooram]

thank you for replay but it not work for me

error message is appears

"The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly."

after recheck same error forud.
there is no hdb partion in harddisk.

[daark.child]

Red Hat Linux 9 is a very old distro thats not been supported for years. You are better off trying the latest version of Fedora or CentOS.

[devils casper]

I agree with daark.child. Go for Fedora or CentOS. Both are RedHat based and free to download/install.
In case you want to use RH9 ( not recommended ), post the output of ls /boot command as suggested earlier.

[yahooram]

thanks devil and daark.child

ok define me the name of best linux.but i like redhat and want to switch redhat enterprise linux 5. suggest me about it.

my /boot directory has
grub lost+found boot.b chain.b config-2.4.20-8 initrd-2.4.20-8.img kernel.h message message.ja module-info module-info-2.4.20-8 os2_d.b system.map system.map-2.4.20-8 vmlinux-2.4.20-8 vmlinuz vmlinuz-2.4.20-8

i want to install linux so define me how i install linux that if
i install xp on it linux will remain bootable and grub appear
first .

[devils casper]

You have to purchase License for RHEL. You won't get security and other updates without License.
I would suggest you to install CentOS. Its a clone of RHEL only.

Install Windows OS before Linux. Windows OS doesn't work fine in a few machines if you install it after Linux Installation.

[yahooram]

thanks devils

i know about it that "Install Windows OS before Linux. Windows OS doesn't work fine in a few machines if you install it after Linux Installation. "

but i want to know if there is a way to prevent linux boot after xp installing on it ?

i never use centos and not know about it.
i know about only redhat, fedora, suse, mandrive .
i thought these are stenderd linux distribution.

tell me something why i install centos and not these i mentioned.

is centos is more superior then these.

please suggest me.

my redhat linux is still injured.
please me .

i not want reinstall redhat i want to repair it and use it.