installed Windows 2000 can't see Xubuntu any more

[sansa dude]

ok i had Xubuntu on my computer on a 40gb for my laptop. i used an ubuntu live cd and cut that down to 18gb so i have 2 partitions with about 18gb in them one if for xubuntu the other is NTFS.

When i went to the windows 2000 set up i saw my NTFS partition and went to install there and now all it boots up is windows 2000 i think i need to now re install the GRUB bootloader. so how would i go about fixing this?

[Partyboi2]

You can boot the xubuntu disk at follow this (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351) to restore grub.

[sansa dude]

ok i ran the grub which ran good and comes up but it won't see Windows 2000 now what can i do?

[Partyboi2]

You may need to add Windows to your grub menu.lst. Can you open a terminal and post the output to

sudo fdisk -l and

cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

[sansa dude]

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe671e671

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 2414 19390423+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 4772 4864 747022+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 * 2415 4771 18932602+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 4772 4864 746991 82 Linux swap / Solaris


that was from the first one


# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 3

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
uuid a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd 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 a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid a17b4ed7-89b8-4a25-868e-2b050615b5dd
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST



then it spat all of that out for the 2nd one my windows 2000 is in the NTFS one so how do I add that to the GRUB list?

[sansa dude]

any ideas?

[GenePayne]

Try this:

Save a copy of your GRUB menu file first:

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.bak

Then open the file for editing:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Paste the following at the end of the file:

title Microsoft Windows 2000
root (hd0,2)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

[sansa dude]

no the 2nd command didnt work. it said


sudo: gedit: command not found

then i ran


gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

then it told me to install gedit so i did
next i ran


gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

again added the line to the end of the file and it said i do not have permission to save the file. so do i need to some how be in root?

[GenePayne]

Yes, you need to have root permission to edit the file, that's why you add the sudo at the beginning of the line:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

From your previous post it sounds like you now have gedit installed. So if you type this, it should open the file, let you add the lines, and then allow you to save the file.

After saving, reboot and see if the bootloader has the option to boot into windows.

[sansa dude]

ok thanks it works! thanks for all the help!