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June 15th, 2011, 05:21 AM
Hi all,
I just tried to set up a computer for my sister running a 32GB XP partition and a 116GB Ubuntu partition.
Partitions are as follows:
/dev/sda1 (FAT32)
This partition is labeled "rescue" and includes an Ubuntu liveCD iso which can be booted from the grub2 menu
/dev/sda2 (NTFS)
This is the Windows partition
/dev/sda3 (EXT4)
This is the Ubuntu 11.04 partition
/dev/sda4 (EXTENDED)
Extended contains:
/dev/sda5 (EXT4)
This contains an install of XBMC live (10.04 ubuntu remix booting xbmc at start)
/dev/sda6 (SWAP)
This is the swap partition
Here is how I installed the OSes (if it helps):
1.) gparted liveCD to partition the discs as shown above
2.) Install XBMC Live
3.) Install Windows XP
4.) Install Ubuntu 11.04
The only problem was that Ubuntu 11.04 didn't recognize my XP partition. I tried running 30_os-prober, but it only added yet another instance of XBMC live to the startup list.
I added an XP menu entry like this in 40_custom of (/etc/grub.d/)
menuentry "Windows XP" {
set root='(hd0,2)'
chainloader +1
}
When I select it from the list, it outputs:
"BOOTMGR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"
I know I have loaded the Windows partition. How do I boot Windows without the chainloader? Or is this possible?
Thanks in advance.
I just tried to set up a computer for my sister running a 32GB XP partition and a 116GB Ubuntu partition.
Partitions are as follows:
/dev/sda1 (FAT32)
This partition is labeled "rescue" and includes an Ubuntu liveCD iso which can be booted from the grub2 menu
/dev/sda2 (NTFS)
This is the Windows partition
/dev/sda3 (EXT4)
This is the Ubuntu 11.04 partition
/dev/sda4 (EXTENDED)
Extended contains:
/dev/sda5 (EXT4)
This contains an install of XBMC live (10.04 ubuntu remix booting xbmc at start)
/dev/sda6 (SWAP)
This is the swap partition
Here is how I installed the OSes (if it helps):
1.) gparted liveCD to partition the discs as shown above
2.) Install XBMC Live
3.) Install Windows XP
4.) Install Ubuntu 11.04
The only problem was that Ubuntu 11.04 didn't recognize my XP partition. I tried running 30_os-prober, but it only added yet another instance of XBMC live to the startup list.
I added an XP menu entry like this in 40_custom of (/etc/grub.d/)
menuentry "Windows XP" {
set root='(hd0,2)'
chainloader +1
}
When I select it from the list, it outputs:
"BOOTMGR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"
I know I have loaded the Windows partition. How do I boot Windows without the chainloader? Or is this possible?
Thanks in advance.