Using Ubuntu with Windows XP

[bemar]

Hello,

I have a Windows XP installation on my PC with the following harddrive constellation. (Sorry its German)
"Datenträger 0" is my first drive with Windows XP SP3 and "Datenträger 2" is my Ubuntu drive. The first installation was my windows installation a long time ago. Today I've installed Ubuntu on "Datenträger 2" (SATA). But Ubuntu didn't modified the MBR so for default Windows is starting. I've read that the Ubuntu installer should recognize the Windows installation and creating a Grub menu automaticly.
Then I've tried to start Ubuntu by using the Boot Menu of my BIOS to select the harddrive to boot from but I only get "Error 17" at the GRUB console.

So currently I don't know where to start.

Thanks for your help.

Ben

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[bemar]

Here are some additional informations from ubuntu side (LiveCD)


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Platte /dev/sda: 250.0 GByte, 250059350016 Byte
255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 30401 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa30c3bbf

Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 15298 122881153+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 15299 30401 121314847+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Platte /dev/sdb: 82.3 GByte, 82348277760 Byte
255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 10011 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1062a67e

Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 9598 77095903+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 9599 10011 3317422+ 5 Erweiterte
/dev/sdb5 9599 10011 3317391 82 Linux Swap / Solaris

Platte /dev/sdc: 160.0 GByte, 160041885696 Byte
255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spuren, 19457 Zylinder
Einheiten = Zylinder von 16065 × 512 = 8225280 Bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00027601

Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 16708 134206978+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 16709 19457 22081342+ 7 HPFS/NTFS



So it seems the harddrives are in different order.
devices.map


(hd0) /dev/sda
(hd1) /dev/sdb
(hd2) /dev/sdc


menu.lst


title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid d3d81c39-2975-4394-98eb-dbccb0a5583b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=d3d81c39-2975-4394-98eb-dbccb0a5583b ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid d3d81c39-2975-4394-98eb-dbccb0a5583b
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=d3d81c39-2975-4394-98eb-dbccb0a5583b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid d3d81c39-2975-4394-98eb-dbccb0a5583b
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/sdc1
title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
chainloader +1

[presence1960]

1. Boot your computer up with Ubuntu CD
2. Open a terminal window or switch to a tty.
3. Type sudo grub. Should get text of which last line is grub>
4. Type "find /boot/grub/stage1". You'll get a response like "(hd2,0)".
Use whatever your computer spits out for the following lines.
5. Type "root (hd2,0)", or whatever your hard disk + boot partition
numbers are for Ubuntu.
6. Type "setup (hd0)", to install GRUB to MBR of hd0,
7. Quit grub by typing "quit".
8. Reboot and remove the bootable CD.

As long as you are booting from sda this will work.

[merlinus]

Try this whilst running from the live cd:


sudo grub
find /boot/grub/stage1 #you will get a response such as root (hd0,2)
root (hd0,2) #use the numbers from the previous command
setup (hd0) #use the number from the previous command
quit