fedora + windows 2000

wootmachine9000 · 05-14-2006, 04:44 PM

so I'm trying to dual boot windows 2000 with fedora core 4. Before I get too far....My system:
MSI K8N Diamond Plus
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
2GB Corsair XMS
200GB SATA 3 Gb/s HDD
eVGA 7900GT
Enermax Liberty 500w

anyways so I installed windows first like I was told I should from a different thread and it worked fine. Then I installed Fedora and it worked fine. But the first boot I attempted after both were installed went wrong. When GRUB loaded I selected the windows partition and after thinking a bit came up with:
rootnoverify (Hd0, 2)
chainloader +1
Error 13 Invalid or unsupported executable format
I can still boot up Fedora just fine--no problems. Heck if I know what windows' problem is though.

Thanks

dragonember · 05-18-2006, 08:11 PM

I've never seen that happen when dual booting a machine. What options did you select during install? Sounds like you just over wrote something...but again i've never had this happen to me dual booting a system, although I think that was the error I got when I tried to install two linux's and Windows on one drive. I think you just over wrote the "root" for windows ("C:\" with "/" for linux) Remember, the linux partition has to start at the end of the windows parition and GRUB should be installed to the MBR.

wootmachine9000 · 05-19-2006, 10:05 AM

I had switched to Win2000 but I decided that maybe it was the problem (before any replies had surfaced on this thread) so I went online and ordered a copy of Win XP pro and Fedora Core 5 (I would've downloaded it myself but I have slow internet at home).

Let ya know how it goes when they come (thanks for the advice though).

05-14-2006, 04:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
wootmachine9000 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: RHIT-#1 in Engineering for 8 straight years Posts: 234 OS: none currently-broken My System	fedora + windows 2000 so I'm trying to dual boot windows 2000 with fedora core 4. Before I get too far....My system: MSI K8N Diamond Plus AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2GB Corsair XMS 200GB SATA 3 Gb/s HDD eVGA 7900GT Enermax Liberty 500w anyways so I installed windows first like I was told I should from a different thread and it worked fine. Then I installed Fedora and it worked fine. But the first boot I attempted after both were installed went wrong. When GRUB loaded I selected the windows partition and after thinking a bit came up with: rootnoverify (Hd0, 2) chainloader +1 Error 13 Invalid or unsupported executable format I can still boot up Fedora just fine--no problems. Heck if I know what windows' problem is though. Thanks

05-18-2006, 08:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragonember Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The voices in my head disagree... Posts: 163 OS: Windows XP: Home Edition SP2/Ububtu 8.04 My System	I've never seen that happen when dual booting a machine. What options did you select during install? Sounds like you just over wrote something...but again i've never had this happen to me dual booting a system, although I think that was the error I got when I tried to install two linux's and Windows on one drive. I think you just over wrote the "root" for windows ("C:\" with "/" for linux) Remember, the linux partition has to start at the end of the windows parition and GRUB should be installed to the MBR. __________________ Extrico subjectio quod verum ero evidens No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt "it may be alright to be content with what you have; never with what you are."--B.C. Forbes

05-19-2006, 10:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
wootmachine9000 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: RHIT-#1 in Engineering for 8 straight years Posts: 234 OS: none currently-broken My System	changed course I had switched to Win2000 but I decided that maybe it was the problem (before any replies had surfaced on this thread) so I went online and ordered a copy of Win XP pro and Fedora Core 5 (I would've downloaded it myself but I have slow internet at home). Let ya know how it goes when they come (thanks for the advice though).