[SOLVED] dual boot bootloader messup :l

[kansasnoob]

I don't mean to sound grouchy. This looks pretty generic:

/dev/sdb1 * 1 19313 155131641 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 19314 38913 157437000 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 19314 38156 151356366 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 38157 38913 6080571 82 Linux swap / Solaris

I'm using a pretty clean machine myself, nothing complicated:

Screenshot--dev-sda - GParted.png

Nothing fancy!

[kansasnoob]

What throws me is the "sda" and "sdb" thing

If this is one hard drive I'm confused

[bumanie]

Please output

cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

[marine63]

no such file or directory...

[kansasnoob]

Marine63,

Do you have only one hard drive?

Never mind, me dumb!

[bumanie]

Sorry, I have to go to bed, as I have been at work all night - that's why I had to go earlier as I had work to do. Just remembered you are working off a live cd, the previous command won't work off a live cd. Go to places --> Computer --> File System --> double click boot --> double click grub and search for menu.lst Open it and copy and paste it to the forum. With the rest of the information you have given, someone should be able to help you - as said I have been up all night and must sleep. Good luck.

[kansasnoob]

Sorry, I have to go to bed, as I have been at work all night - that's why I had to go earlier as I had work to do. Just remembered you are working off a live cd, the previous command won't work off a live cd. Go to places --> Computer --> File System --> double click boot --> double click grub and search for menu.lst Open it and copy and paste it to the forum. With the rest of the information you have given, someone should be able to help you - as said I have been up all night and must sleep. Good luck.

I appreciate your dedication! You've helped me many times!

[marine63]

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=0c953795-b874-41e3-ab7a-6b01a2a6c6ff ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd1,4)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash xforcevesa

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd1,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=0c953795-b874-41e3-ab7a-6b01a2a6c6ff ro quiet splash xforcevesa
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd1,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=0c953795-b874-41e3-ab7a-6b01a2a6c6ff ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
root (hd1,4)
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/sdb1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

[marine63]

help?

[bumanie]

Boot with live cd. In terminal

sudo grub

root (hd1,4)

setup (hd0)

quit

Reboot. This should setup in grub in your bootable windows installation. You should now be able to boot and get a choice of booting into windows or ubuntu. Grub set itself up in the wrong windows partition - the partition, I suspect is a data partition. Hope it works. Sorry I didn't see your "Help" earlier. If this doesn't work download super grub disk and give it a try. Go here and download the latest .iso and burn the image to a cd-rom, the menu's are self-explanatory.