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Old 04-28-2009, 08:53 AM   #1
propagationofsound
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GRUB does not boot windows


My GRUB has been messed up somehow...
Turned out hd0 and hd1 had randomly switched places!
I reinstalled GRUB onto the harddrive, and now it boots perfectly - into all operating systems apart from Windows!

When I boot into Windows, it says Starting Up... then a cursor blinking
I've tried changing the commands before booting and reinstalling GRUB, but it doesn't budge.

The strange thing is, Windows is bootable, because when I boot directly into it from the BIOS, it starts up.

Here is my /boot/grub/menu.lst file:

Code:
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default		6

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout		10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title		Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root		(hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader	+1
#
# title		Linux
# root		(hd0,1)
# kernel	/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=048cae02-5f03-41b0-9841-32d87ca673dc ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd1,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-rt
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-rt root=UUID=048cae02-5f03-41b0-9841-32d87ca673dc ro quiet splash
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-rt
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-rt (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-rt root=UUID=048cae02-5f03-41b0-9841-32d87ca673dc ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-rt

title		Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-19-rt
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-rt root=UUID=048cae02-5f03-41b0-9841-32d87ca673dc ro quiet splash
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-rt
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-19-rt (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-rt root=UUID=048cae02-5f03-41b0-9841-32d87ca673dc ro single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-rt

title		Ubuntu 8.04.2, memtest86+
root		(hd0,0)
kernel		/boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title		Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title		Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root		(hd1,0)
savedefault
chainloader	+1
And here is the output of fdisk -l

Code:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3390338f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       30371   243955026    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2           30372       58192   223472182+  83  Linux

Disk /dev/hdb: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x15551555

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1   *           1        4787    38451546   83  Linux
/dev/hdb2            4788        4998     1694857+   5  Extended
/dev/hdb5            4788        4998     1694826   82  Linux swap / Solaris
sda1 is where Windows is
sda2 is another partition
sda3 is Gentoo (which isn't appearing on fdisk -l) and I will add this to grub later when windows works!
hdb1 is Ubuntu 8.04
hdb5 is swap
 
Old 04-28-2009, 09:42 AM   #2
yancek
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Your fdisk output shows xp on sda while your Grub sees it on (hd1). I would suggest you change your xp menu.lst entry to:

title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
 
Old 04-29-2009, 04:58 AM   #3
propagationofsound
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Thank you yancek. This solved the problem!
 
  


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