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Dual Boot problem
I am using ubuntu 9.04 which is installed in my Master HD. I already have a windows xp on my slave hard disk. After linux was installed, i could not boot into windows xp.
I tried to change the grub, but that doesnt solve the problem. I think my MBR is deleted in slave HD. I am not sure though!! menu.lst file is appended like this: ## Other Operating System# title Windows XP savedefault map (hd1) (hd0) map (hd0) (hd1) root (hd1,0) chainloader +1 could anyone help me with this problem. Thanks in Advance!! |
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What happens when you select XP ?. Show us the output from the following command when issued from a terminal (enter your password) Quote:
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I would suggest you change your windows entry to below, assuming xp is still on slave drive?:
title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd1,0) map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) chainloader +1 |
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I changed the menu.lst like i first quoted. When I choose windows it says Starting... and then it hangs!! The first disk (60GB) Linux has installed.. second one has Windows. fdisk gives this output- Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60060155904 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7301 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0000cbf5 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 138 1108453+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 139 7301 57536797+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 7115 7301 1502046 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 139 6926 54524547 83 Linux /dev/sda7 6927 7114 1510078+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/sdb: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xffbbe63d Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 2553 20506941 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sdb2 2554 4865 18571140 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sdb5 2554 4865 18571108+ b W95 FAT32 |
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I tried rootnoverify/root with (hdx,y). I also quoted windows as default. But Nothing really happened. I am sure that the windows is in (hd1,0). When I use (hd1,0), I get the message Starting... Other inputs gives me an error saying 'No such drive' couldnt find a way out! |
Maybe Grub sees the drives differently. Login to a terminal as root and run the 'grub' command. Get a grub prompt and type geometry (hd0) and geometry (hd1) and check the output against the output of the fdisk command.
When you select xp, the message is "starting" nothing else? |
I'm always a little suspicious when I see [V]FAT partitions for Windows - what does "blkid" have to say ?.
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