Re: cannot boot windows after installing linux on dual boot sys

suchANewb adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie and donned asbestos
underwear
to post:

> My problem is that i cannot boot windows after installing linux 9.1> pro
> on my computer. I get a message that says something like:
>
> root (hd 0,0)
> Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
> chainloader +1
>
> I went to Novell's support and it said they had a patch that could
fix
> this problem, but when i clicked on the link, the comp said they
> discontinued the patch (or modified the name). I can't find it and> was
> wondering if anyone could help me overcome this problem. Thanks

As root edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and change the root(x,y) where x,y
are
numbers in the windows config part, change the "root" to
"rootnoverify"
so it should look soemthing like this:

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
chainloader +1


see if that works

HTH
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