mbwmex
December 11th, 2008, 04:46 PM
Did a fresh install of 8.10 via live cd, downloaded on a Dell E1505 running Vista.
When attempting to access Vista via Grub by selecting Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader), it just loops back to Grub menu.
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x38000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 158246911 79122432 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 158246912 212332543 27042816 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 212332544 258298039 22982748 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 258301951 312576704 27137377 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 258301952 259507447 602748 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 259514073 310295474 25390701 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 310295538 312576704 1140583+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic (recovery mode)
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
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 a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
Thanks for any help.
When attempting to access Vista via Grub by selecting Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader), it just loops back to Grub menu.
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x38000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 158246911 79122432 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 158246912 212332543 27042816 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 212332544 258298039 22982748 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 258301951 312576704 27137377 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 258301952 259507447 602748 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 259514073 310295474 25390701 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 310295538 312576704 1140583+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic (recovery mode)
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid c330152e-fe35-4243-9a02-e98265a03a1f
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 a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
Thanks for any help.