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Posted: April 23 2006,12:40 QUOTE
I saw this in the grub documentation.

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17 : Cannot mount selected partition
   This error is returned if the partition requested exists, but the filesystem type cannot be recognized by GRUB.


Is it possible you're it's trying to boot to a partition that isn't formatted or formatted correctly?
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Posted: April 23 2006,17:27 QUOTE
After several attempts, Grub installed after allowing it to reformat hda3 and copy images from the CD.  Next problem:  At the end of the install, it asks me if windows is on hda1; it's actually on hda2.  If I answer yes, it includes windows but clicking on it leads to diagnostic tests with a resulting crash.  If I answer no, it doesn't include windows as a boot-up option.  So my question still remains, how to get back to my XP os?

Perhaps there's some way of editing the menu.lst to boot windows?  The only place I can find the file is in systems (/boot) which isn't editible.  I don't see it anywhere else, like in /mnt/hda, etc.
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Posted: April 23 2006,18:10 QUOTE
You're getting close....

Look in the partition you did your frugal install in like /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/menu.lst. You should be able to edit that file as root. Once edited you should be able to reboot and choose windows. All you need is just to edit the Windows entry in menu.lst. It assumes Windows is on hda1.

Good luck

Chris
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Posted: April 23 2006,19:15 QUOTE
Quote (clivesay @ April 23 2006,14:10)
You're getting close....

Look in the partition you did your frugal install in like /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/menu.lst. You should be able to edit that file as root. Once edited you should be able to reboot and choose windows. All you need is just to edit the Windows entry in menu.lst. It assumes Windows is on hda1.

Good luck

Chris

There is no menu.lst  file or boot folder on any if my harddrive partitions (i.e., /mnt/ hda1,hda2, hda3, etc.) .  It's only in the Knoppix/boot/grub folder.  Perhaps my installation is attempting to be efficient
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Posted: April 23 2006,20:44 QUOTE
I found the file in tne cdrom folder.  Next question concerns how to edit it. I uncommented (deleted the #'s) for the windows section at the bottom of the file, and need the correct code for loading my windows files on hda2.  Replacing root (hd0,0) with (hd2) didn't work.
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