seraieis
March 2nd, 2010, 02:10 PM
Hello all!
I'm a recent convert to Linux and am having trouble setting up a multiboot environment. Origionally, I had Windows 7 on my computer, and then I created a new partition and installed Ubuntu 9.10 along side of it, and the two played nicely. Then, I installed Windows XP on another partition, and like the typical younger sybling, he ate my boot loader. With the LiveCD I was able to reinstall GRUB1.97 but now I can't access either of the Windows partitions. At this point, I think I have all the information I need, but I have no idea what to do with it.
Here's my setup:
SATA Drive 1, Partition 1 = Windows 7
SATA Drive 1, Partition 2 = Windows XP
IDE Drive 1, Partition 1 = Ubuntu
Any advice on how I get GRUB and the boot.ini files working in harmony again?
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x445a445a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 18707 150263946 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 18708 19457 6024375 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 18708 19457 6024343+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x18cf299a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 21729 174532246+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 21729 24322 20826112 7 HPFS/NTFS
I'm a recent convert to Linux and am having trouble setting up a multiboot environment. Origionally, I had Windows 7 on my computer, and then I created a new partition and installed Ubuntu 9.10 along side of it, and the two played nicely. Then, I installed Windows XP on another partition, and like the typical younger sybling, he ate my boot loader. With the LiveCD I was able to reinstall GRUB1.97 but now I can't access either of the Windows partitions. At this point, I think I have all the information I need, but I have no idea what to do with it.
Here's my setup:
SATA Drive 1, Partition 1 = Windows 7
SATA Drive 1, Partition 2 = Windows XP
IDE Drive 1, Partition 1 = Ubuntu
Any advice on how I get GRUB and the boot.ini files working in harmony again?
daniel@daniel-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x445a445a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 18707 150263946 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 18708 19457 6024375 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 18708 19457 6024343+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x18cf299a
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 21729 174532246+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 21729 24322 20826112 7 HPFS/NTFS