i have a problem with dual booting. i wanted to dual boot xp pro and fedora. i installed xp then i installed fedora and now when i try to load up xp i get an error that says something like chainloader +1 and it stays there. if anyone knows how to corret this it would be much apreciatted
Redek 0 Newbie Poster
mikeandike22 18 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
ok how did you setup fedora the boot loader. if you are saying that just when you load windows it messes up then just run the xp cd. Or if you cant access anything then click on this link it should help. http://www.willpull22.remnetworks.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=3
dontcare 0 Light Poster
This link should fix your problem: http://forums.devshed.com/archive/t-157222 If that doen't solve your problem try editing your WinXp boot config at the grub menu, select Winxp or other press 'e' to edit and make the following changes:
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,2) // this is your windows boot partition, play around with the values (x,x)
chainloader +1
make active
rasterpix 0 Newbie Poster
I had the same problem when I did a dual boot with Win2k3 Server and Suse 9.1 Pro.
I know this is going to sound odd, but this did work.
Go into you BIOS and change the mode Primary Master from AUTO to LBA. I found some obscure refference on Suse's site regarding how the Windows and Linux 'see' the disk geometry differently. It has something to do with Kernel version 2.6.x and higher. Sorry I didn't bookmark the page that I got the info from.
Hope this helps. ;)
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