[LBo] Help fixing Win2k bootloader

[Anita Lewis]

On 01/06/2007 02:00 AM Rob Matherly wrote:

> I'm the guy with the problem forwarded to the list by Sam.
> 
> I fixed it today by changing the partition listed in the Win2k loader.
> Here's what I think happened.  Please excuse the possibly incorrect
> terminology; partitioning isn't my strong point.  Hopefully, however,
> someone with the same problem will figure out what the heck I'm saying
> and get some use of it.
> 
> Before the Debian install, my hard drive was partitioned like this:
> 
> Primary hda4 - 500meg-ish FAT16 for XOSL and DR-DOS (which also won't
> boot, but that's another topic I figured out today as well)
> Extended hda5 - NTFS Win2k install
> Extended hda6 - Linux
> 
> After I installed Debian last week, it looked like this (the order is
> right, but the numbers may be off a digit)
> 
> Primary hda2 - Linux
> Primary hda4 - FAT16
> Extended hda5 - NTFS
> Extended hda6 - Linux
> Extended hda7 - Linux
> 
> The physical location of Windows didn't change, but the creation of a
> new primary partition on the drive caused it to get moved around in the
> listing.  Apparently, which I obviously didn't know, the Win2k
> bootloader doesn't go by physical location, but by order listing.  By
> changing the partition number in the Windows bootloader from a 2 two a
> 3, I was able to once again boot properly.

Wow, thanks so much for reporting back on this, Rob!  I'll include this
somewhere in our "missing Windows" page.  Another twist to the
possibility of things that can't be fixed in grub alone.  We really
appreciate your supplying the solution.  I hope we will see more of you
here if you have the time and inclination.

Anita