That's why in the instructions I use a * to replace the script version in the filename. It's 055 not 0.55.
You typed the filename wrong.
PS. In your case if you don't have a choice about XP, did you unplug the XP disk during ubuntu install? If yes, just run in terminal:
sudo update-grub
and it should sort it out.
OK, here are my results:
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #1 for /boot/grub.
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x5c7fb438
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 224,829,674 224,829,612 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 224,829,675 234,436,544 9,606,870 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 224,829,738 234,436,544 9,606,807 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sdb: 60.1 GB, 60060155904 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7301 cylinders, total 117304992 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xf08af08a
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 117,274,499 117,274,437 7 HPFS/NTFS
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2 ext4
/dev/sda5 d5e193ae-83e8-4f24-aa08-866ba4ba2a2f swap
/dev/sdb1 94DC82ADDC8288E6 ntfs
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda1 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
=========================== sda1/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=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2
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 2.6.31-22-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-22-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
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=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2 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=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2 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 ###
if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then
if keystatus; then
if keystatus --shift; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=0
fi
else
if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
fi
### 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 ###
=============================== sda1/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/sda1 during installation
UUID=94d8ebaa-173c-4e5c-bd59-5479c426afd2 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=d5e193ae-83e8-4f24-aa08-866ba4ba2a2f none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
3.9GB: boot/grub/core.img
3.3GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
1.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic
1.0GB: initrd.img
.5GB: initrd.img.old
.8GB: vmlinuz
.5GB: vmlinuz.old
So now my question is, how can I get it to boot XP? I am in the process of doing update-grub but it stalls...is this normal? How long could that take.
Thanks for the info.
PS. When I installed Karmic, The XP HDD was plugged in. fdisk does recognize it.