Vadko
August 28th, 2008, 04:17 PM
Hello,
I tryed to install Ubuntu 8.04, Kwort Linux 2.4 and Win XP pro.
Win XP is on a disk by itself (sdb), and both linux distros and one ntfs partition on other disk (sda).
I installed the OSes in the following order: 1st Win XP, 2nd Kwort, 3rd Ubuntu.
The system boots directly to Win, neither LILO (kwort) was installed, nor GRUB (Ubuntu).
What I've tryed:
1st - Using Supergrub CD to install grub (parameters below), all went fine the machine booted to GRUB presentin the menu, but none of the OS booted when selected - Linux distros always saying 'no such partition' and Win 'failed to load NTLDR(?) press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot'
2nd - Fixed Win MBR and the sistem booted fine to WinXP
3rd - Using Supergrub CD I tried to boot from all partitions that showed on the menu and none(!) booted any of the linux distros only Win XP!
4th - Used Ubuntu LiveCD to see if the partitions were there and all partitions and filesystems were there(!), with Gparted I flagged /dev/sdb3 as 'boot' hoping that at least ubuntu would boot, the I repeated the 1st step - the same results occurred, GRUB installed fine but no OS booted!
5th - Tried everything I could with Supergrub CD with no results!
6th - Tried all the above steps with only Win XP and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS with the same results
I don't know what to do anymore! Please some Help.
Below are the disk partitions and GRUB parameteres:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda2 1 8510 68356543+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 8511 8998 3919860 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 8999 9484 3903795 83 Linux
/dev/sda1 9485 9733 2000092+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 9485 9733 2000061 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb1 * 1 6374 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 6375 14945 68846557+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 6375 14945 68846526 7 HPFS/NTFS
## ## End Default Options ##
title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=668604e2-da10-4059-8f90-f2de5ad38f5f ro quiet splash locale=pt_PT
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=668604e2-da10-4059-8f90-f2de5ad38f5f ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04.1, memtest86+
root (hd0,2)
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 an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda4.
title Linux (on /dev/sda4)
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd4 ro vga = normal
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sdb1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
I tryed to install Ubuntu 8.04, Kwort Linux 2.4 and Win XP pro.
Win XP is on a disk by itself (sdb), and both linux distros and one ntfs partition on other disk (sda).
I installed the OSes in the following order: 1st Win XP, 2nd Kwort, 3rd Ubuntu.
The system boots directly to Win, neither LILO (kwort) was installed, nor GRUB (Ubuntu).
What I've tryed:
1st - Using Supergrub CD to install grub (parameters below), all went fine the machine booted to GRUB presentin the menu, but none of the OS booted when selected - Linux distros always saying 'no such partition' and Win 'failed to load NTLDR(?) press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot'
2nd - Fixed Win MBR and the sistem booted fine to WinXP
3rd - Using Supergrub CD I tried to boot from all partitions that showed on the menu and none(!) booted any of the linux distros only Win XP!
4th - Used Ubuntu LiveCD to see if the partitions were there and all partitions and filesystems were there(!), with Gparted I flagged /dev/sdb3 as 'boot' hoping that at least ubuntu would boot, the I repeated the 1st step - the same results occurred, GRUB installed fine but no OS booted!
5th - Tried everything I could with Supergrub CD with no results!
6th - Tried all the above steps with only Win XP and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS with the same results
I don't know what to do anymore! Please some Help.
Below are the disk partitions and GRUB parameteres:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda2 1 8510 68356543+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 8511 8998 3919860 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 8999 9484 3903795 83 Linux
/dev/sda1 9485 9733 2000092+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 9485 9733 2000061 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb1 * 1 6374 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 6375 14945 68846557+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 6375 14945 68846526 7 HPFS/NTFS
## ## End Default Options ##
title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=668604e2-da10-4059-8f90-f2de5ad38f5f ro quiet splash locale=pt_PT
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
quiet
title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=668604e2-da10-4059-8f90-f2de5ad38f5f ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
title Ubuntu 8.04.1, memtest86+
root (hd0,2)
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 an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda4.
title Linux (on /dev/sda4)
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd4 ro vga = normal
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sdb1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1