Cannot Boot Windows after Grubbing (SOLVED)

[SCBrazil]

Hi,

- I installed Windows for my kids' games. It ran okay.
- I managed to alter the menu.lst and re-load grub so that I can boot back into Kubuntu and that ran okay.

Problem is, I now get an 'Error 13' when I try boot into Windows.

As you can see below, my HDD is partitioned into three. The third partition split into FAT32 and EXT2. This is just a deposit where I put music and stuff.

Windows is on (hd0,0)
Kubuntu is on (hd0,1)

Below are the commands I followed in the Terminal.

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...sudo grub
[ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For
the first word, TAB lists possible command
completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
completions of a device/filename. ]

grub> geometry (hd0)
drive 0x80: C/H/S = 9729/255/63, The number of sectors = 156301488, /dev/sda
Partition num: 0, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
Partition num: 1, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Partition num: 4, Filesystem type is fat, partition type 0xb
Partition num: 5, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
(hd0,1)

grub> root (hd0,1)

grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 17 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+17 p (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu
.lst"... succeeded
Done.

grub> quit

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Here is my menu.lst file

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic
uuid 3f6ff74a-a2f2-4458-aab1-0a4cff7973df
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=3f6ff74a-a2f2-4458-aab1-0a4cff7973df ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 3f6ff74a-a2f2-4458-aab1-0a4cff7973df
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=3f6ff74a-a2f2-4458-aab1-0a4cff7973df ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 3f6ff74a-a2f2-4458-aab1-0a4cff7973df
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

title Windows XP
root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1

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Any suggestions, please?

To do all of the above, I followed instructions that posters kindly sent me here;

The definitive dual-booting guide: Linux, Vista and XP step-by-step
http://apcmag.com/the_definitive_dua...stepbystep.htm

and here;

-- How To GRUB Methods - Toolkit
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0


Thanks.

[aged hippy]

Re: Cannot Boot Windows after Grubbing

It seems to me that menu.lst is pointing to the wrong partition,

Windows is on (hd0,0)
Kubuntu is on (hd0,1)

and your menu.lst says

title Windows XP
root (hd0,1)

that should probably read

title Windows XP
root (hd0,0)

and mine has the following

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title		Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
rootnoverify	(hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader	+1

I'm not sure, but i think that that's the standard command... at least, i haven't altered it.


There are others here who know more about this than i do, maybe one will drop in soon, but 'til then, that's the best i can suggest.

[lmilano]

Re: Cannot Boot Windows after Grubbing

Yeah, that will most likely fix it, make the root directory be (hd0,0). You can edit that file with "kdesudo kate" ...

[aged hippy]

Re: Cannot Boot Windows after Grubbing

Yes. kdesudo kate and...

rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

...did the trick.

Many thanks guys.
My boys will be arriving shortly. They go straight to Age of Empires III and Tibia before even saying hello. I was getting worried. If Windows hadn't booted they would have complained all weekend that I'd 'messed up' 'their' computer. Then they roll their eyes and say "again!" LOL.

Well they obviously have their priorities right...

Glad we could help.