[TriLUG] [OT] Win2k boot problem

[Tarus Balog]

Ken Mink said:
> Hey Ben,
>   The partitioning on both disks is the same. Windows is and was on
> /dev/hda1. Both hda1's are the same size and the first partition on the
> disk. I did the original Win2k install on FAT32. I wanted to be able
> access the Windows partitions read/write from Linux. The partition is
> bootable. I'm stumped.
>
> Ken

You could try this:

1) Create a boot floppy under Linux
2) Insure that it works
3) Get a Windows floppy with fdisk and run "fdisk /mbr"
4) Insure that you can get to your Windows partition now, if not I don't
know what's up.
5) Boot back to Linux and re-install grub

-T

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