Dual Boot Problem: 9.10 boots Xp hangs.

[Paulgirardin]

I have just installed Karmic on a dual boot system with XP and Ubuntu on separate drives.This set up worked ok with Jaunty.

When the boot menu comes up, selecting Linux results in a successful boot.
Selecting "Windows XP home edition (on /dev/sda1)" results in the screen changing to blank with the word "Grub" in the top left corner and no further progress.No error codes associated with this message.

I've tried suggestions I've seen in various threads but have had no success.

Below is the contents of menu.lst:

# 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=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726

## 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

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
## indomU=true
## indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## 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 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-17-generic
uuid 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic

title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-17-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic

title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-14-generic
uuid 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic

title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic

title Chainload into GRUB 2
root 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/grub/core.img

title Ubuntu 9.10, memtest86+
uuid 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

[Paulgirardin]

9.10 is installed on sdb1
Xp is installed on sda1


Below are the results of the Boot Info Script:

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

=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks for
(UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726)/boot/grub.
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> No known boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and
looks at sector 3248391 of the same hard drive for
core.img, but core.img can not be found at this
location. No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM /wubildr.mbr

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdb3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdb4: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdc2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x9b159b15

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 63 73,400,984 73,400,922 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 73,400,985 115,346,699 41,945,715 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 115,346,700 976,768,064 861,421,365 7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x988d3358

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdb1 * 63 41,945,714 41,945,652 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 41,945,715 83,891,429 41,945,715 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 83,891,430 88,084,394 4,192,965 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb4 88,084,395 976,768,064 888,683,670 83 Linux


Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdc: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x01296a69

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdc1 63 125,837,144 125,837,082 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 125,837,145 488,392,064 362,554,920 83 Linux


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 C8E4918CE4917CFE ntfs sda1 System: Windows XP
/dev/sda2 9E78DC3F78DC17BB ntfs sda2 Windows XP Data 20 GiB
/dev/sda3 763C238B3C234609 ntfs sda3 ext4 410 GiB
/dev/sdb1 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ext4
/dev/sdb2 7debcd00-c230-49f4-9170-e92d6f4b5511 ext4
/dev/sdb3 038f845b-864f-49de-80a6-f3f4d8ebffd1 swap
/dev/sdb4 fecc606e-0d64-4e2d-a7a6-5588ad690660 ext4 sdb4 ext4 Linux
/dev/sdc1 493F70286530D035 ntfs sdc1 ntfs 60 GiB
/dev/sdc2 f3a988f0-2aec-45c7-836d-6cde235a1075 ext4 sdc2 ext4 172 Gi

============================ "mount | grep ^/ output: ===========================

Device Mount Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (rw)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 /media/9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit)
/dev/sdb2 /media/7debcd00-c230-49f4-9170-e92d6f4b5511 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit)
/dev/sdb4 /media/sdb4 Linux type
/dev/sdc1 /media/sdc1 60 GiB
/dev/sdc2 /media/sdc2 172 Gi


================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect


=========================== sdb1/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================

# 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=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726

## 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

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
## indomU=true
## indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## 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 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-17-generic
uuid 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic

title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-17-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic

title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-14-generic
uuid 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic

title Ubuntu 9.10, kernel 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic

title Chainload into GRUB 2
root 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/grub/core.img

title Ubuntu 9.10, memtest86+
uuid 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

=========================== sdb1/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=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
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 2.6.31-14-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 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=(hd1,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 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 ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c8e4918ce4917cfe
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
### 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 ###

=============================== sdb1/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/sdb1 during installation
UUID=9e76c341-c736-480d-97de-42b98a899726 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=7debcd00-c230-49f4-9170-e92d6f4b5511 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sdb3 during installation
UUID=038f845b-864f-49de-80a6-f3f4d8ebffd1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


.0GB: boot/grub/core.img
.0GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
.0GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
.0GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic
.0GB: initrd.img
.0GB: initrd.img.old
.0GB: vmlinuz
.0GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown MBR on /dev/sdc

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00000040 04 00 00 ba 80 00 be be 07 b9 04 00 f6 04 80 75 |...............u|
00000050 07 83 c6 10 e2 f6 eb 1d 8a 74 01 8b 4c 02 bb 00 |.........t..L...|
00000060 7c b8 01 02 cd 13 72 0d 81 3e fe 7d 55 aa 75 05 ||.....r..>.}U.u.|
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[Paulgirardin]

This is an entry in the Grub.cfg file:

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set c8e4918ce4917cfe
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1

I don't know if this is the problem.Should I change this?

[Paulgirardin]

Bump

[Paulgirardin]

Any help?

[Leppie]

was karmic a clean install or upgrade?

[oldfred]

It looks like you did have wubi installed as windows show that file. You also have grub installed to the windows PBR partition boot record.

Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and
looks at sector 3248391 of the same hard drive for
core.img, but core.img can not be found at this
location. No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.

This overwrote the standard windows boot loader that has to be in the PBR for windows to boot. You also have grub in sda and the ubuntu install in sdb. It would be better to have the grub installed to sdb and change the BIOS to boot from sdb. Then you could reinstall the windows boot loader to sda and run the repairs on the windows install to fix the windows PBR and MBR.

In your working ubuntu to install grub2 to sdb.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc

This will give you several screens to editing changes to the grub config file which you can just accept. When it asks for drive to install to select sdb.

While sda is still the boot drive use your windows CD to run the repairs to fix windows boot. Make sure it boots ok and then switch drives in BIOS to have the grub2 in sdb boot. Run update grub to let it find the windows install.

sudo update-grub

to fix windows XP
To run the Recovery Console from the Windows XP startup disks or the Windows XP CD-ROM, follow these steps:
1. Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer.

Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the CD-ROM drive if you are prompted.
2. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
3. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you must access from the Recovery Console.
4. When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER.
5. At the command prompt, type this commands one at a time.

FIXMBR C:
FIXBOOT C:
COPY [CDDRIVE]:\I386\NTLDR C:\
COPY [CDDRIVE]:\I386\NTDETECT.COM C:\
BOOTCFG /rebuild

[Paulgirardin]

was karmic a clean install or upgrade?

Karmic was a clean install.

[Paulgirardin]

It looks like you did have wubi installed as windows show that file. You also have grub installed to the windows PBR partition boot record.

Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and
looks at sector 3248391 of the same hard drive for
core.img, but core.img can not be found at this
location. No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.

This overwrote the standard windows boot loader that has to be in the PBR for windows to boot. You also have grub in sda and the ubuntu install in sdb. It would be better to have the grub installed to sdb and change the BIOS to boot from sdb. Then you could reinstall the windows boot loader to sda and run the repairs on the windows install to fix the windows PBR and MBR.

In your working ubuntu to install grub2 to sdb.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc

This will give you several screens to editing changes to the grub config file which you can just accept. When it asks for drive to install to select sdb.

While sda is still the boot drive use your windows CD to run the repairs to fix windows boot. Make sure it boots ok and then switch drives in BIOS to have the grub2 in sdb boot. Run update grub to let it find the windows install.

sudo update-grub

to fix windows XP
To run the Recovery Console from the Windows XP startup disks or the Windows XP CD-ROM, follow these steps:
1. Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer.

Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the CD-ROM drive if you are prompted.
2. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
3. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you must access from the Recovery Console.
4. When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER.
5. At the command prompt, type this commands one at a time.

FIXMBR C:
FIXBOOT C:
COPY [CDDRIVE]:\I386\NTLDR C:\
COPY [CDDRIVE]:\I386\NTDETECT.COM C:\
BOOTCFG /rebuild

Thanks for the suggestions.I will try them shortly and post the results.
:p

[Leppie]

follow oldfred's instructions to rebuild your windows boot loader.
after which you need to install grub2 to one of your mbr's. you can choose to change the boot order in your systems bios and leave the windows disk with the default mbr and install grub2 to the mbr of sdb.
to re-install grub to the mbr, boot off the livecd and issue these commands:

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
sudo grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdb ##or /dev/sda if you do not want to change the boot order in the bios

[Paulgirardin]

follow oldfred's instructions to rebuild your windows boot loader.
after which you need to install grub2 to one of your mbr's. you can choose to change the boot order in your systems bios and leave the windows disk with the default mbr and install grub2 to the mbr of sdb.
to re-install grub to the mbr, boot off the livecd and issue these commands:

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/sdb ##or /dev/sda if you do not want to change the boot order in the bios

Thanks Leppie,
I will do this after the usual back-ups .

[Paulgirardin]

I opened the XP Recovery Consul; performed the FIXMBR C: & FIXBOOT C: commands.
The COPY D:\I386\NTLDR\ C:\ & COPY D:\I386\NTDETECT.COM C:\ both resulted in "ACCESS DENIED" messages.
I did not perform the BOOTCFG /rebuild.
I rebooted the computer and booted into XP successfully.
I had a little sound problem,which corrected when I checked the sound driver.(I saw this when I installed 9.04 - corrected when I rebooted windows a second time.)

Rebooted into 9.10 with no problems.

Obviously,I haven't altered the location of Grub2 (sda1).

Do you still recommend that I reinstall Grub2 to sdb?

[Leppie]

Do you still recommend that I reinstall Grub2 to sdb?
that is completely up to you. the advantage of having grub on the linux disk is that if you remove the linux disk, windows will boot normally without any further intervention. as a positive side effect the linux drive will boot normally if you put it in another pc with the same system specs or if you remove the windows drive.
hence in the event that one of the drives should fail, at least the other system should be bootable like this.

i just noticed an error in the install command:

sudo grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdb

[Paulgirardin]

that is completely up to you. the advantage of having grub on the linux disk is that if you remove the linux disk, windows will boot normally without any further intervention. as a positive side effect the linux drive will boot normally if you put it in another pc with the same system specs or if you remove the windows drive.
hence in the event that one of the drives should fail, at least the other system should be bootable like this.

i just noticed an error in the install command:

sudo grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdb

Am I correct to assume:

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

Is still to be issued before:

sudo grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdb


Edit:
Ok,the above is confirmed in this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275&highlight=install+grub2

I'm wondering if I should uninstall the existing Grub2 with:

sudo apt-get purge grub2 grub-pc

Before reinstalling Grub2 on sdb

[oldfred]

No you do not want to uninstall the grub2 software. The install of the grub2 bootloader into the MBR is just a small part of the software that can be located on any drive's MBR. With multiple drives it is better to have the grub bootloader in the MBR of the drive with Ubuntu as leppie said above. There also has been a minor bug in grub2 where it takes an extra 10-20 seconds to scan partitions before the menu when it is on a different drive.

[Paulgirardin]

The system will now boot either OS on either drive.(when selected in Bios)


For this problem the fix was:

In XP Recovery Console:

FIXMBR C:
FIXBOOT C:

In Live CD Terminal:

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

sudo grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sdb

(one small error in the last command: "/" after "mnt")


Many thanks to Oldfred and Leppie for their help

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