How to activate sxde 1/08 after installing windows xp servicepack-2

srinivasmiriyalu · 07-17-2009, 06:32 AM

I have installed windows-xp servicepack-2 and it has overwritten solaris express developer edition grub and how can i get back to sxde and make my system as dual-boot and I have a DVD which contains belenix,schilnix,Nexenta,Solaris Express and solaris express developers edition 1/08 release Live-cd,So can I use that DVD to activate my sxde,If possible can anybody tell me How.please help me

jlliagre · 07-17-2009, 07:21 AM

Backup any XP documents and files that you wan't to preserve should something odd happens.

Boot on your distribution installation media, launch a shell from there an reinstall grub with a command like:

/usr/sbin/installgrub /.cdrom/boot/grub/stage1 /.cdrom/boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c4d0s0

You'll probably need to adjust the cdrom mount point (/.cdrom) and the disk device (c4d0s0).

You might also need to make the Solaris2 partition the active one if not already with fdisk.

srinivasmiriyalu · 07-17-2009, 08:01 AM

thanks for your reply but I am not clear what your trying to say and I am bit confused ,can you tell me clearly

jlliagre · 07-17-2009, 08:03 AM

Please tell precisely what parts you are missing to understand.

srinivasmiriyalu · 07-17-2009, 08:31 AM

well Thanks for your reply
here is the procedure I did but not solved
First Insert DVD into Drive and when it will show some message like loading grub stage1 ,At this time you need to press "c" ,so it can take to you into Grub,Then type these command and in my HDD I have three partitions these are according to my partitions

Code:

grub>rootnoverify (hd0,2)
grub>makeactive
grub>chainloader +1
grub>boot

http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5090917 is the reference link which I followed above commands

jlliagre · 07-17-2009, 11:31 AM

So what happened after you ran "boot" ?

Are you sure your Solaris partition is the third primary one ?