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pwolschen
April 26th, 2008, 09:52 PM
I installed ubuntu 8.04 on my computer running XP. i wanted to make it dual boot. When i start the computer it gives me an option between linux and XP. linux works fine but when i attempt to start windows nothing happens. This is what sudo fdisk -l brings up.

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcab10bee

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 14193 114005241 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 29253 30401 9223200 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 14194 29252 120961417+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 14194 28899 118125913+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 28900 29252 2835441 82 Linux swap / Solaris

What can i do to fix this?

Pumalite
April 26th, 2008, 10:46 PM
Post:
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

pwolschen
April 26th, 2008, 11:08 PM
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=4e1c94aa-609f-4536-adae-5b232c9651c5 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=4e1c94aa-609f-4536-adae-5b232c9651c5 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
root (hd0,4)
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/sda1
title Windows XP Media Center Edition
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title Windows NT/2000/XP
root (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


Thats what it says at the end

Pumalite
April 26th, 2008, 11:13 PM
You seem to have a Partition Table problem. Test with TestDisk:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download