[SOLVED]getting "error 15: file not found!"

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Hi all, I'm new to Arch and linux in general but i've managed so far and I'm really enjoying it.
I'm dual booting Arch and Vista.
Anyway, everything was working fine until I decided that I wanted to stop using GRUB as my bootloader and I used a program called EasyBCD and this guide http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista … htm?page=4
Now, I get "Error 15: File not found!" when i try to boot into arch. I've looked through countless other threads and google results with people with the same problem but none of the solutions in those threads helped me.
here's my menu.lst
# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
# Linux Grub
# /dev/fd0 (fd0)
# /dev/sda (hd0)
# /dev/sdb2 (hd1,1)
# /dev/sda3 (hd0,2)
# FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ----+--------------------------------------------
# 256 | 0x301=769 0x303=771 0x305=773 0x307=775
# 32K | 0x310=784 0x313=787 0x316=790 0x319=793
# 64K | 0x311=785 0x314=788 0x317=791 0x31A=794
# 16M | 0x312=786 0x315=789 0x318=792 0x31B=795
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# for more details and different resolutions see
# http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Framebuffer_Resolution
# general configuration:
timeout 3
default 2
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/6e30f601-1196-41bf-b9f3-063434fa0c45 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/6e30f601-1196-41bf-b9f3-063434fa0c45 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
# (2) Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
Last edited by tooeasyforkevin (2009-07-13 06:48:38)

Answer 1

ok, try doing it the manual way by booting the cd as if you where to do an installation where it prompts you to log in as root.
Once your logged in as root do
grub
and you will get the grub prompt
grub>
then the at the grub> prompt do
grub> root (hd0,2)
that tells grub it will find the boot files on the 3rd partition of the 1st hard drive. Then,
grub> setup (hd0)
to setup the grub bootloader on the MBR of the first hard drive.
If all goes well you should see something like 'Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes '.
grub> quit
and reboot.