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

[saurabh kakkar]

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 .

[mehulved]

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]

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.

[sashijoseph]

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]

Originally Posted by sashijoseph

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

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

command from windows cd