Grub2 isn't talking with Windows anymore. :(

[Sugi]

I can't get grub2 to talk with my Windows XP partition. I only have options to run ubuntu kernel 2.6.28-16 server, kernel 2.6.28-14 server, and memtest. No Windows.

I have tried updating my grub2 and updating my grub.
(sudo update-grub2) (sudo update-grub).

I have also tried making a 11_windows and still no go.
It said something about too many entries for Windows Xp.
http://erickoo.wordpress.com/2009/06...-karmic-koala/

I have also looked over some other pages, but nothing has helped. I must be overlooking something here. Can someone help me out?

fdisk

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 2079 16699536 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 2080 3648 12602992+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 2080 3576 12024621 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 3577 3648 578308+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Some links that should help, but I still can't get my grub2 up and working correctly.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1296301

Spec:
Ubuntu 9.10 32 bit
Need Grub2 entry for Windows XP
Grub2

Thanks for reading,
Sugi

[Sugi]

bumpy bump

[Sugi]

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[Leppie]

could you download and run meierfra's script and post the generated RESULTS.TXT?
this may shed some light on the nature of your issue.

[Sugi]

lieqie, Yep, I still have that file, I'll post the information within at the end of this post. Please scroll down.

Leppie

~$ sh boot_info_script042.sh 
Please use "sudo" or become "root" to run this script.
~$ sudo sh boot_info_script042.sh 
[sudo] password for : 
~$ ./boot_info_script042.sh 
bash: ./boot_info_script042.sh: Permission denied
~$ sudo ./boot_info_script042.sh 
sudo: ./boot_info_script042.sh: command not found

Can I not run sh scripts anymore. What am I missing here?


/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober

#! /bin/sh -e

# grub-mkconfig helper script.
# Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with GRUB.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

prefix=/usr
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib

. ${libdir}/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib

found_other_os=

adjust_timeout () {
  if [ "x${found_other_os}" = "x" ] ; then
    if [ "x${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}" != "x" ] ; then
      if [ "x${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET}" = "xtrue" ] ; then
	verbose=
      else
	verbose=" --verbose"
      fi

      if [ "x${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}" = "x0" ] ; then
	cat <<EOF
if [ \${timeout} != -1 ]; then
  if keystatus; then
    if keystatus --shift; then
      set timeout=-1
    else
      set timeout=0
    fi
  else
    if sleep$verbose --interruptible 3 ; then
      set timeout=0
    fi
  fi
fi
EOF
      else
	cat << EOF
if [ \${timeout} != -1 ]; then
  if sleep$verbose --interruptible ${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT} ; then
    set timeout=0
  fi
fi
EOF
      fi
    fi
  fi
}

if [ "x${GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER}" = "xtrue" ]; then
  adjust_timeout
  exit 0
fi

if [ -z "`which os-prober 2> /dev/null`" -o -z "`which linux-boot-prober 2> /dev/null`" ] ; then
  # missing os-prober and/or linux-boot-prober
  adjust_timeout
  exit 0
fi

OSPROBED="`os-prober | tr ' ' '^' | paste -s -d ' '`"
if [ -z "${OSPROBED}" ] ; then
  # empty os-prober output, nothing doing
  adjust_timeout
  exit 0
fi

for OS in ${OSPROBED} ; do
  DEVICE="`echo ${OS} | cut -d ':' -f 1`"
  LONGNAME="`echo ${OS} | cut -d ':' -f 2 | tr '^' ' '`"
  LABEL="`echo ${OS} | cut -d ':' -f 3 | tr '^' ' '`"
  BOOT="`echo ${OS} | cut -d ':' -f 4`"

  if [ -z "${LONGNAME}" ] ; then
    LONGNAME="${LABEL}"
  fi

  echo "Found ${LONGNAME} on ${DEVICE}" >&2
  found_other_os=1

  case ${BOOT} in
    chain)

      cat << EOF
menuentry "${LONGNAME} (on ${DEVICE})" {
EOF
      save_default_entry | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
      prepare_grub_to_access_device ${DEVICE} | sed -e "s/^/\t/"

      case ${LONGNAME} in
	Windows\ Vista*|Windows\ 7*)
	;;
	*)
	  cat << EOF
	drivemap -s (hd0) \${root}
EOF
	;;
      esac

      cat <<EOF
	chainloader +1
}
EOF
    ;;
    linux)
      LINUXPROBED="`linux-boot-prober ${DEVICE} 2> /dev/null | tr ' ' '^' | paste -s -d ' '`"

      for LINUX in ${LINUXPROBED} ; do
        LROOT="`echo ${LINUX} | cut -d ':' -f 1`"
        LBOOT="`echo ${LINUX} | cut -d ':' -f 2`"
        LLABEL="`echo ${LINUX} | cut -d ':' -f 3 | tr '^' ' '`"
        LKERNEL="`echo ${LINUX} | cut -d ':' -f 4`"
        LINITRD="`echo ${LINUX} | cut -d ':' -f 5`"
        LPARAMS="`echo ${LINUX} | cut -d ':' -f 6- | tr '^' ' '`"

        if [ -z "${LLABEL}" ] ; then
          LLABEL="${LONGNAME}"
        fi

         if [ "${LROOT}" != "${LBOOT}" ]; then
           LKERNEL="${LKERNEL#/boot}"
           LINITRD="${LINITRD#/boot}"
         fi

        cat << EOF
menuentry "${LLABEL} (on ${DEVICE})" {
EOF
	save_default_entry | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
	prepare_grub_to_access_device ${LBOOT} | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
	cat <<  EOF
	linux ${LKERNEL} ${LPARAMS}
EOF
        if [ -n "${LINITRD}" ] ; then
          cat << EOF
	initrd ${LINITRD}
EOF
        fi
        cat << EOF
}
EOF
      done
    ;;
    macosx)
      OSXUUID="`grub-probe --target=fs_uuid --device ${DEVICE} 2> /dev/null`"
        cat << EOF
menuentry "${LONGNAME} (on ${DEVICE})" {
EOF
	save_default_entry | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
	prepare_grub_to_access_device ${DEVICE} | sed -e "s/^/\t/"
	cat << EOF
        insmod vbe
        do_resume=0
        if [ /var/vm/sleepimage -nt10 / ]; then
           if xnu_resume /var/vm/sleepimage; then
             do_resume=1
           fi
        fi
        if [ \$do_resume == 0 ]; then
           xnu_uuid ${OSXUUID} uuid
           if [ -f /Extra/DSDT.aml ]; then
              acpi -e /Extra/DSDT.aml
           fi
           xnu_kernel /mach_kernel boot-uuid=\${uuid} rd=*uuid
           if [ /System/Library/Extensions.mkext -nt /System/Library/Extensions ]; then
              xnu_mkext /System/Library/Extensions.mkext
           else
              xnu_kextdir /System/Library/Extensions
           fi
           if [ -f /Extra/Extensions.mkext ]; then
              xnu_mkext /Extra/Extensions.mkext
           fi
           if [ -d /Extra/Extensions ]; then
              xnu_kextdir /Extra/Extensions
           fi
           if [ -f /Extra/devtree.txt ]; then
              xnu_devtree /Extra/devtree.txt
           fi
           if [ -f /Extra/splash.jpg ]; then
              insmod jpeg
              xnu_splash /Extra/splash.jpg
           fi
           if [ -f /Extra/splash.png ]; then
              insmod png
              xnu_splash /Extra/splash.png
           fi
           if [ -f /Extra/splash.tga ]; then
              insmod tga
              xnu_splash /Extra/splash.tga
           fi
        fi
}
EOF
    ;;
    hurd|*)
      echo "  ${LONGNAME} is not yet supported by grub-mkconfig." >&2
    ;;
  esac
done

adjust_timeout

Thanks guys and sorry for the slow reply,
Sugi

[Leppie]

i think you forgot to make it executable:

$sudo chmod +x boot_info_script042.sh

[Sugi]

Ha, good point.

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

 => Grub 1.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive 
    in partition #5 for /boot/grub.
sda1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       
    Boot sector type:  Windows XP
    Boot sector info:  
    Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

sda2: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  

sda5: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  Ubuntu 9.10
    Boot files/dirs:   /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda6: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders, total 58605120 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x90909090

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sda1    *             63    33,399,134    33,399,072   7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2          33,399,135    58,605,119    25,205,985   5 Extended
/dev/sda5          33,399,198    57,448,439    24,049,242  83 Linux
/dev/sda6          57,448,503    58,605,119     1,156,617  82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________

/dev/sda5: UUID="826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda6: UUID="13c3e472-1799-4441-afaa-4d68f18ff0f1" TYPE="swap" 

=============================== "mount" output: ===============================

/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/user/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=user)


=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then
  have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
  saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
  save_env saved_entry
  prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/white
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic" {
        recordfail=1
        if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
	set quiet=1
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,5)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-16-generic (recovery mode)" {
        recordfail=1
        if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,5)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic root=UUID=826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {
        recordfail=1
        if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
	set quiet=1
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,5)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
        recordfail=1
        if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,5)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then
  if keystatus; then
    if keystatus --shift; then
      set timeout=-1
    else
      set timeout=0
    fi
  else
    if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
      set timeout=0
    fi
  fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=826a5efd-551a-43d5-bf86-56afdcb23151 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=13c3e472-1799-4441-afaa-4d68f18ff0f1 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/scd1       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


  17.1GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
  17.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
  17.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic
  17.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
  17.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic
  17.1GB: initrd.img
  17.1GB: initrd.img.old
  17.1GB: vmlinuz
  17.1GB: vmlinuz.old

Sugi

[Sugi]

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[Leppie]

i think you have some filesystem issue (at least, it's not being recognized):

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system:
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

check your xp partition for errors, then run update-grub again.

[Leppie]

you could try testdisk:

$sudo apt-get install testdisk

but i'd suggest you make a backup of the partition first (if you have important files on the xp partition).