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!!

What did you change ?.
What happens when you select XP ?. Show us the output from the following command when issued from a terminal (enter your password)

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

#syg00....

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

#yancek...

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 ?.