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how to rectify this....................?

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saurabh kakkar
saurabh kakkar Original post #1
Jun 27, 2007 at 6:57 PM
hi
my friend just installed ubuntu 7.04 using alternate cd . he is having 98 on c: and xp on d: so we created a 5 gb partion and installed ubuntu we also installed grub now 98 is working fine but xp is giving error msg like :

<windows root>\sytem32\hal.dll

now what should we do so that 98 and xp work with ubuntu plz provide the
steps .
M
mehulved #2
Jun 27, 2007 at 8:31 PM
It seems like a windows related problem. hal's dll seems to be corrupt. Try to repair the install or replace with a new hal.dll file.
sachin_kothari
sachin_kothari #3
Jun 27, 2007 at 8:39 PM
it is indeed a windows error.
it seems that the 5gb partition lies between c and d drive.
i suppose any MVP will be able to help u out of it.
S
sashijoseph #4
Jun 27, 2007 at 10:01 PM
Open boot.ini in the C-drive and change the partition entry(for winXP) to an appropriate value.
for eg. change
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Win XP SP2" fastdetect
to
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Win XP SP2" fastdetect
saurabh kakkar
saurabh kakkar #5
Jun 27, 2007 at 11:47 PM
sashijoseph said:
Open boot.ini in the C-drive and change the partition entry(for winXP) to an appropriate value.
for eg. change
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Win XP SP2" fastdetect
to
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Win XP SP2" fastdetect
Click to expand...

thanks for the help but we have rectified problem ourself by reparing boot file
using
bootcfg/rebuild
fixboot

command from windows cd