help with my grub boot menu

[powerbits]

Hello below is a copy of my menu.lst file

I removed the 2nd disk (hd1.0), how do i adapt the one with windows so he can start loading again?

tx





title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=ed3956ca-8479-4dd8-851c-e1c11968992a ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=ed3956ca-8479-4dd8-851c-e1c11968992a ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

title Ubuntu 8.04.1, 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 an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb1.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (on /dev/sdb1)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=c6ba8557-9521-4032-b064-91e03e8b3e74
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb1.
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdb1)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=c6ba8557-9521-4032-b064-91e03e8b3e74 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb1.
title Ubuntu, memtest86+ (on /dev/sdb1)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
savedefault
boot


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sdc1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd2,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
chainloader +1

[dibl]

Re: help with my grub boot menu

You'll need to run

sudo fdisk -lu

and

sudo blkid

in a console window, to know for certain what the drive and partition is that has Windows on it. With that information, you can edit the chainloader where it loads Windows, and change it as needed. It is presently set to (hd2,0) probably it is now (hd1,0) but you need to run the commands and make sure, before you edit it.

[powerbits]

Re: help with my grub boot menu

on sudo fdisk -lu i get:

Schijf /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 koppen, 63 sectoren/spoor, 30401 cilinders, totaal 488397168 sectoren
Eenheid = sectoren van 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Schijf-ID: 0x00050f36

Apparaat Opstart Begin Einde Blokken ID Systeem
/dev/sda1 * 63 479283209 239641573+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 479283210 488392064 4554427+ 5 Uitgebreid
/dev/sda5 479283273 488392064 4554396 82 Linux wisselgeheugen

on sudo blkid i get:
/dev/sda1: UUID="ed3956ca-8479-4dd8-851c-e1c11968992a" TYPE="ext3" SEC_TYPE="ext2"

so?

[Qqmike]

Re: help with my grub boot menu



sudo fdis -lu
only gave you ONE hard drive! ... sda with Linux on it.
Where's the second hard drive?

Try running this command:
Open Konsole.
sudo grub
grub>geometry (hd<Press the TAB key now>
Then do
grub>geometry (hd0)
grub> geometry (hd1)
etc.,. to explore each drive that is listed.

btw,
grub>geometry (hd<Press the TAB key now>
means: geometry then a space then the ( then hd then press the TAB key on your keyboard.
(That's called "Tab-completion" in GRUB and it also works with your other commands in Konsole. You may already know all this, but just in case...)

[powerbits]

Re: help with my grub boot menu

yes the tab feature is a bit like when you type commands in cisco routers.. Nice

Now all my system can find is HD0

so
geometry (hd0,
Possible partitions are:
Partition num: 0, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Partition num: 4, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x82

but
geometry (hd1) until (hd10) gives me


Error 21: Selected disk does not exist

[powerbits]

Re: help with my grub boot menu

and the disk does exist, now i have to set the other disk as boot device to play a game in windows

[dibl]

Re: help with my grub boot menu

but
geometry (hd1) until (hd10) gives me


Error 21: Selected disk does not exist

You don't have an hd1. That would be hard drive #2, which you removed, right? So the only hard drive you have will be hd0. So the only place you can set up grub is (hd0,0).

I guess your other partition on that drive is not formatted? I don't speak Dutch, but I think the fdisk output is saying that you have a first (primary) partition formatted ext3, and then you have an extended partition, and a single logical partition inside the extended partition. Since blkid found no UUID on that logical partition, it must not have a filesystem on it, or something -- that's unusual in my experience. If there's nothing on it, you might want to simple re-partition the second part into a single primary partition, and format it so you can use it.

[powerbits]

Re: help with my grub boot menu

well i solved it:

In grub i set the windows disk as HD1 and it works..

I think i have a issue why my linux OS does not see my windows disk..

But i plan to upgrade soon to a new version of Kubuntu