[PenguinXtra]

Ok so I might have found something here, I went back and checked the /etc/fstab entires that I changed to dereference the UUIDs and I noticed that it got cleared/edited somehow. Here is what is contains

unionfs / unionfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0

[Jonathan183]

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
quiet

Should get Ubuntu back in working order again.

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

and try this mod for Vista ... do they work again?

Ed: looks as though your partitions were renumbered during the XP install or partition resizing or something similar which has stopped grub menu entries from working.

I think you will also need to alter the /etc/fstab of your installed Ubuntu ... to do this boot from the live CD and remount partition sda3 and edit it with nano (something like post #6).
Everything else is working you can sort the uuid stuff out again if you want.

[yancek]

Your Ubuntu is on partition 4 so run the commands suggested changing the root (hd0,2) to root (hd0,3). You can see this in your menu.lst file

sudo grub
root (hd0,3)
setup (hd0)
quit

Your posting of the 'ls /manmount/boot' command shows the vmlinuz and initrd files are there.

[PenguinXtra]

Ok that edit got the Ubuntu install working again, as for the Vista install I now get

Error 11: Unrecognized device string

[Jonathan183]

Can you post just the Vista part of your grub menu.lst file again ... if you booted from the hard drive

sudo cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

should work now.

[PenguinXtra]

The vista portion of menu.lst reads

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

Edit: OK nm, there was a typo in root (hd0,0)....it was spelled (hd0,o)

[PenguinXtra]

Alright so, the GRUB loader is almost correct now, Ubuntu loads up correctly and the Vista option loads up XP. So I imagine I need to add an entry for XP and fix the Vista boot record, but I am not exactly sure how to do that with Super Grub.

[Jonathan183]

I think you need to fix Windows Vista boot using the link yancek gave in post #14, add XP entry and check both version of Windows boot and then re-install grub using the live Ubuntu live CD and post #16

[PenguinXtra]

The first command the tutorial calls for is a

E:\boot\Bootsect.exe /NT60 All

The problem is I am running this command under Windows XP 32Bit.
When I run this command from the command prompt under administrator I get the error "E:\boot\bootsect.exe is not a valid Win32 application." Which I imagine is due to the fact that the Vista x64 install disk uses a 64 bit application. Should I use the Vista x86 install disk or would that make things worse?

[PenguinXtra]

Ok, so the method I used to fix the Vista boot was to just boot to the Vista DVD and use the "Repair Startup" option. It was pretty fast and didnt require any NTLDR editing. I will post back once I get the XP install added into GRUB.