On Dec 15, 2002 at 13:27, aditya newalkar wrote:
Now Windows would boot without problem(fortunately) but it would not go to GNU/Linux at all!
You did not install a boot loader, or did not configure your existing boot loader to boot linux.
would give message that some file in /mnt/sysimage/usr/i386... is missing! I cannot make head to tail of that message.
It's missing.
quite common, while installing GRUB is I have not labelled the Windows XP partition. Apart from that I
That's easily fixed once you can boot into Linux. The opposite problem is not so easily fixed, as you have found out.
- Why /boot partition is empty?
It wasn't mounted? You said it mounted your "filesystem"at /mnt/sysimage. Which filesystem?
- Why GRUB would not load?
Because it wasn't installed.
- What I need to do without going thru the hassels
of reinstallation?
Boot by hook or crook into Linux single-user mode, and install a real boot loader.