evering82
May 22nd, 2008, 08:36 PM
Hi guys--I recently installed 8.04 and now I cant get windows xp to boot--can you offer any tips to a newb?
When I attempt to boot into xp, I get "Error 12; invalid device requested"
#this is sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x184c184b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2 19928 160063627+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda2 21458 24321 23005048+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 2 19928 160057288+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x10da10da
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 35922 288543433+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 35923 38913 24025207+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 35923 38783 22980919+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 38784 38913 1044193+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
this is grub's menu.1st
default 0
timeout 10
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=cf643226-f43c-4d2f-bc82-1c7f3a927348 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
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=cf643226-f43c-4d2f-bc82-1c7f3a927348 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-12-generic
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-12-generic root=UUID=cf643226-f43c-4d2f-bc82-1c7f3a927348 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-12-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-12-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-12-generic root=UUID=cf643226-f43c-4d2f-bc82-1c7f3a927348 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-12-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
title Other operating systems:
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root /dev/sdb1
chainloader +1
savedefault
makeactive
any help would be greatly appreciated--I just dont want to format and start from scratch with both oses again. Thanks!
When I attempt to boot into xp, I get "Error 12; invalid device requested"
#this is sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x184c184b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2 19928 160063627+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda2 21458 24321 23005048+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 2 19928 160057288+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x10da10da
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 35922 288543433+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 35923 38913 24025207+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 35923 38783 22980919+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 38784 38913 1044193+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
this is grub's menu.1st
default 0
timeout 10
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=cf643226-f43c-4d2f-bc82-1c7f3a927348 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
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=cf643226-f43c-4d2f-bc82-1c7f3a927348 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-12-generic
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-12-generic root=UUID=cf643226-f43c-4d2f-bc82-1c7f3a927348 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-12-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-12-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-12-generic root=UUID=cf643226-f43c-4d2f-bc82-1c7f3a927348 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-12-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
title Other operating systems:
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root /dev/sdb1
chainloader +1
savedefault
makeactive
any help would be greatly appreciated--I just dont want to format and start from scratch with both oses again. Thanks!