[CS-FSLUG] Dual booting problem after moving hard disks

Bradly McConnell bradly.mcconnell at gmail.com
Thu Nov 25 00:10:48 CST 2004


On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 06:18:33 +0200, Nigel Ridley <nigel at i-amfaithweb.net> wrote:
> I eventually got around to moving the two hard disks from a PII to a
> PIII today (one small one with Win98 and the other with Libranat 2.8).
> However when trying to boot into Win98 I get the following error
> message: Booting Windows on /dev/hda1
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> make active
> chainloader +1
> Invalid system disk
> Remove the disk, and then press any key
> 
> Libranet boots OK and I can see Windows from within Libranet; also
> Knoppix sees all the Win partitions.
> 
> Windows is on the master hard disk, which is on the primary ide cable.
> Libranet is on the second (slave) hard disk, also on the primary ide
> cable.
> Is there something that I need to change in grub?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Nigel
> 
If Libranet didn't boot, I would say swap the drives around on the
cable, but since it does, I don't have any idea.  You could still try
it though.

Brad




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