Ubuntu / XP dual boot issues

[xan16]

Hello Linux Forums. After quite some searching, I am unable to resolve my issue.
The main problem is that after installing Ubuntu 8.10 I cannot boot back into XP or Windows 7.
I had used EasyBCD to configure Vista's bootloader to boot between XP and 7. Now, when using GRUB I can access the Bootloader but I blackscreen trying to boot XP, 7 or safemode. Even stranger the Windows XP Boot CD blue screens at "Windows is starting..." which I was going to use to attempt to 'fdisk /mbr'.

Here's my GRUB config:

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
uuid		691b4599-63d8-4475-9d38-df9cd0cc92b2
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=691b4599-63d8-4475-9d38-df9cd0cc92b2 ro quiet splash 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid		691b4599-63d8-4475-9d38-df9cd0cc92b2
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=691b4599-63d8-4475-9d38-df9cd0cc92b2 ro  single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid		691b4599-63d8-4475-9d38-df9cd0cc92b2
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=691b4599-63d8-4475-9d38-df9cd0cc92b2 ro quiet splash 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet

title		Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid		691b4599-63d8-4475-9d38-df9cd0cc92b2
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=691b4599-63d8-4475-9d38-df9cd0cc92b2 ro  single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title		Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid		691b4599-63d8-4475-9d38-df9cd0cc92b2
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		Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

I think the problem is with the windows bootloader and not GRUB but you're the experts, not I.
Any ideas?

[jayd512]

Welcome to LinuxForums!

What is the output of

fdisk -l

[xan16]

It says (ran within ubuntu):

Disk /dev/sda: 37.0 GB, 37019566080 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4500 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd9c82d64

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        4499    36138186    7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 74.3 GB, 74355769344 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9039 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x79ae7387

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        9039    72605736    7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xddaaddaa

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1               1       47201   379142001    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2           47202       60801   109242000    5  Extended
/dev/sdc5           60244       60801     4482103+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc6           47202       60243   104759802   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

EDIT: Realized I forgot sudo haha.

[Jonathan183]

try

sudo fdisk -l

Ed: output of

ls /dev/disk/by-uuid -l

may also be useful

[xan16]

Okay so I am now able to boot into Windows 7 just fine. However, attempting to boot into Windows XP gives me a black screen or insta-restarts. Any way I can fix XP booting via Windows 7?

[yancek]

You need to edit the windows 7 bootloader menu to add an entry for xp?

[xan16]

You need to edit the windows 7 bootloader menu to add an entry for xp?

No. It's there. Attempting to boot into XP results in a black screen forever.
Halfway tempted to cut my losses and start all over.

[jayd512]

So you can boot to both Win 7 and Ubuntu? Sounds like a likely driver issue in XP.

[xan16]

Can't boot into it to fix it though, nor can I boot from the XP CD... It just hangs on "Setup is starting Windows". Never done that before.

[Jonathan183]

It looks like you have XP on its own drive, can you disconnect other drives from the system and then try to fix XP boot with only the XP drive & CD drive connected?