[SOLVED] There is no "menu.lst" in my Ubuntu "/boot/grub/" folder.
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There is no "menu.lst" in my Ubuntu "/boot/grub/" folder.
Hi All,
I have a problem with my GRUB bootloader. I have Ubuntu 9.10
and Win XP installed on my laptop. But only the list of Ubuntu
appears in the menu and NOT win XP.
Some instructions say try to edit the "menu.lst" file in
"/boot/grub/" menu.
But there is no such a file in my /boot/grub/" folder.
you could do an ls /boot/grub/ and post the results here but I am guessing the like canditate file to be editted in it's place will be /boot/grub/grub.conf the two files are often very similar or identical and perform similar tasks.
Do you mind doing an "ls /boot/" and pasting the results here, also if it exists, "ls /boot/grub", it sounds like you have done something to your grub bootloader in a strange way. Can I also confirm you are using grub and lilo.
Just to check, how many HDDs do you have in your computer, if it's more then one it might be worth checking the output of the mount command, you could have installed grub to somewhere other then /boot (a strange idea I know, but could be possible)
No I have only one hard drive in my laptop.
Windows is in 1st partition and Ubuntu in 2nd.
These are the result of those two command you said:
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root@pc-laptop:/boot/grub# ls /boot/
abi-2.6.31-14-generic-pae memtest86+.bin
config-2.6.31-14-generic-pae System.map-2.6.31-14-generic-pae
grub vmcoreinfo-2.6.31-14-generic-pae
initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic-pae vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic-pae
The only file I can see in there that might be connected is grub.cfg but for now I think we need to figure out where grub is actually check for stage 2... it could be somewhere else.
Could you do a df, mount and can you remember the hard drive and partition you did your most recent grub-install too?
another thought...
sudo find / -name "*stage2"
Last edited by r3sistance; 01-30-2010 at 03:25 AM.
I would like to thank you for your previous comments and helps.
Would it be possible for you to tell me from which part I should
start in this case that I only see Ubuntu in my boot list not Win XP
although I have XP installed on my laptop.
But what do you mean by "edit the grub.cfg file and update grub."
I know where the "grub.cfg" file is, but what should I write on it?
How can I do that. In that section you mention I could not see
how to edit and what to edit.
Sorry for being so elementary.
(Oh, My professor is calling me. I will come back in half an hour, sorry for inconvenience).
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