After changing the flag I did this:
and then I did this:Code:To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>". See "man sudo_root" for details. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo su root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xff43ff43 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 12749 102406311 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 * 12750 55241 341312659 83 Linux /dev/sda3 60050 60801 6040440 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 55241 60049 38623233 5 Extended /dev/sda5 55241 59846 36992000 83 Linux /dev/sda6 59846 60049 1630208 82 Linux swap / Solaris Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/sdb: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x3ce53ce4 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 24577 197414721 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 24578 38913 115153889+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sdb5 24578 38163 109129513+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdb6 38164 38913 6024343+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# mount /dev/sda2 mnt mount: mount point mnt does not exist root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# mount /dev/sda2 /mnt root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# chroot /mnt/dev chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': No such file or directory root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# chroot /mnt root@ubuntu:/# update-grub perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_US.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... Could not find /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Would you like /boot/grub/menu.lst generated for you? (y/N) y Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_US.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). Found GRUB 2: /boot/grub/core.img Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_US.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic Found GRUB 2: /boot/grub/core.img Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_US.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done root@ubuntu:/# grub-install /dev/sda Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory /proc/devices: fopen failed: No such file or directory Installing GRUB to /dev/sda as (hd0)... Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb root@ubuntu:/# exit root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# umount /mnt/dev root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# umount /mnt
And as it doesn't worked I went to synaptic and synaptic and installed Grub-pc... and after all that xp doesn't start...Code:neoandersen@neoandersen-desktop:~$ sudo update-grub [sudo] password for neoandersen: Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic Found GRUB 2: /boot/grub/core.img Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done neoandersen@neoandersen-desktop:~$ sudo su root@neoandersen-desktop:/home/neoandersen# update-grub Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic Found GRUB 2: /boot/grub/core.img Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done root@neoandersen-desktop:/home/neoandersen# grub-install /dev/sda Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Installing GRUB to /dev/sda as (hd0)... Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb root@neoandersen-desktop:/home/neoandersen#
I am thinking in recover xp with xp installation cd... and then reinstall grub again... is that possible?
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