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ITZBVAN005 · 01-17-2006, 02:24 PM

last nite i partitioned my 80 gb harddrive which has linux suse on it and on my 250 gb harddrive i have windows xp pro and today i went to restart my pc and this message comes up it said GRUB i couldnt do anything to get passed it what should i do to fix it. someone please please please please please please please help i am in dire need of help here

ITZBVAN005 · 01-17-2006, 02:25 PM

the reason why i wanted to partition it was bc i wanted to put another o/s on the linux harddrive i wanted to do a tri-boot i wanted to have xp pro,linux suse,and windows 2000.

Tyler1989 · 01-17-2006, 03:42 PM

Grub doesn't seem to be your best choice when booting off windows because of the chain loader. I'm not familier with LILO but perhaps that is what you should try.

ITZBVAN005 · 01-17-2006, 05:19 PM

whats lilo mean

kostas · 01-17-2006, 09:17 PM

Linux Loader

01-17-2006, 02:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
ITZBVAN005 Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 337	grub last nite i partitioned my 80 gb harddrive which has linux suse on it and on my 250 gb harddrive i have windows xp pro and today i went to restart my pc and this message comes up it said GRUB i couldnt do anything to get passed it what should i do to fix it. someone please please please please please please please help i am in dire need of help here

01-17-2006, 03:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
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01-17-2006, 09:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
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01-17-2006, 02:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
ITZBVAN005 Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 337	the reason why i wanted to partition it was bc i wanted to put another o/s on the linux harddrive i wanted to do a tri-boot i wanted to have xp pro,linux suse,and windows 2000.

01-17-2006, 05:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
ITZBVAN005 Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 337	whats lilo mean