[NTLUG:Discuss] Suse / Win2K Dual Boot issue - ntoskrnl.exe missing?

[David Simmons, PE]

Guys,

I'm sure someone's been down this road before - am polling for
suggestions, etc:

Setting up a new system - dual boot between win2k and Suse 9.2 - my
initial plan of partitioning was:

small /boot area
Win2k
Suse 9.2

fdisked the drive into three areas...when started Win2K install - Win2k
saw the /boot area as 'C:' (not what I think I wanted) - used the
'(D)elete Partition' tool within Win2K install and rebooted.  The system
when saw my 'second' partition as 'C:' - installation/updates/etc went
smooth.

Now onto installing Suse 9.2 - did a ftp install (from the mini-iso).
(had it format /boot / and swap - it also saw the Win2k NTFS partition
and auto-mounted it) - GRUB listed both Suse 9.2 and Win2K....Suse 9.2
starts fine - when I go to start Win2K...black screen with error saying
it can't find (or is corrupted) ntoskrnl.exe.  I know it's not corrupted
- but the partitioning must've moved something so that Windows can't
find it's files.

Question:

1).  Will a simple  fdisk /mbr 'solve' the issue? - or will it now allow
Win2K to boot and I'll need to 're-grub' the /boot area?

2).  Use console-recovery disk to repair windows so it can find it's
info?

3).  start over? (this time doing what different so it doesn't happen
again).

Thanks! - Dave

NOTE:  Am at work - machine is at home - can get specific logs/fdisk
layouts/etc as needed, later.