Booting 'Windows Vista'
acpi
Vista Loader 2.1.2
Done!
fallback 1
find --set-root /bootmgr
{this hangs for approximately 3 minutes then the following attempt occurs:}
Error 17: File not found
Booting 'Windows NT/2000/XP'
fallback 2
find --set-root /ntldr
{this hangs for approximately 2 minutes then the following occurs:}
Error 17: File not found
Booting 'Enter Command Line'
Boot failed! Press any key to enter command line.
> from here - press any key and enter to GRUB4DOS 0.4.3, then type as follow:
geometry (hd0,0)
> geometry (hd[hdd number counted from 0],
> [partition number counted from 0 for
> primary partitions, from 4 for extended
> partitions])
>
> It shows in case1 somethig like that:
Partition num: 0, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
Partition num: 4, Filesystem type is ntfs, partition type 0x7
Partition num: 5, Filesystem type is ntfs, partition type 0x7
Partition num: 6, Filesystem type is ntfs, partition type 0x7
> or in case2:
Partition num: 0, Filesystem type is ntfs, partition type 0x7
Partition num: 4, Filesystem type is ntfs, partition type 0x6
Partition num: 5, Filesystem type is ntfs, partition type 0x7
Partition num: 6, Filesystem type is ntfs, partition type 0x7
> Partition nubers depends from partition
> structure of Your disk.
>
> In case1, GRUB was originally seeing
> partition (hd0,0) as an unknown partition
> and in case2 (hd0,4) is 0x6 instead 0x7.
> Well, if you know for sure that the
> partitions is ntfs, you can force grub to
> see it as ntfs. "0x7" is the code for NTFS.
>
> In Case1 just type:
parttype (hd0,0) 0x7
> In Case2 type:
parttype (hd0,4) 0x7
> Hit [Esc], select Vista from OS menu and enjoy.
> If You are unshure what to do please post
> here Your result of 'geometry' command.
