Hi Andrew,

On Sunday 10 January 2010 10:41:33 Andrew Stallard wrote:
> Here are the results:
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 98.5 GB, 98522403840 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 11978 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1               1           5       40131   ce  Unknown
> /dev/sda2               6        5803    46572435   17  Hidden HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3            5804       11554    46194907+   5  Extended
> /dev/sda4           11555       11978     3405780   cb  Unknown
> /dev/sda5   *        5804        5816      104391   83  Linux
> /dev/sda6            5817       11554    46090453+  8e  Linux LVM
> 
> This is hopeful, I think the Hidden HPFS/NTFS might be my Windows OS.

now check /etc/grub.conf. It should contain a part similar to this:

title Other
        rootnoverify (hd0,1)
        chainloader +1

This gives you a boot option called "Other" in grub, which boots from the 
second partition on the first hd.

If it still doesn't work, my best guess is that you have to remove the 
"hidden" flag for sda2. You can unset it with 'parted' (see 'man parted'). I 
don't know what the "hidden" flag really does, so you better do some googling 
before you mess around with the partition flags.

	Cheers,

		Andreas