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Hi experts,
I installed Ubuntu 8.04 64bit on my hp notebook.First time it used to show me the both OS and I could select one.Then I installed KDE.But I wanted ...
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- 07-27-2008 #1
boot page doesn't show another OS
Hi experts,
I installed Ubuntu 8.04 64bit on my hp notebook.First time it used to show me the both OS and I could select one.Then I installed KDE.But I wanted to go back to GDM so I delete linux partition and installed Ubuntu again but this time it does not allow me to choice the OS.I have Win Vista on my hard drive too.sda1 has the windows.Here are some config:
My menu.list is:Code:mlhazan@dEBx:~$ sudo fdisk -l [sudo] password for mlhazan: Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x93995140 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 6509 52275200 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 * 6509 19563 104857600 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 19563 23230 29458432 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 23231 24321 8763457+ 83 Linux mlhazan@dEBx:~$ sudo grub Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> find /boot/grub/menu.lst find /boot/grub/menu.lst (hd0,3) grub>
can anybody help me to get that back?Code:## ## End Default Options ## title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=0ffcfa1b-1e3c-4243-b16b-67845df7d9fb ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic quiet title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic (recovery mode) root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=0ffcfa1b-1e3c-4243-b16b-67845df7d9fb ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic title Ubuntu 8.04.1, memtest86+ root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin quiet ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
- 07-27-2008 #2
Add the entry below to your menu.lst file
Code:title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 makeactive
- 07-27-2008 #3
it didn't work.It shows the windows on boot but if I select that it says unrecognized string.
- 07-27-2008 #4
Did you type exact code?
Try replacing rootnoverify (hd0,1) with (hd0,0).It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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- 07-29-2008 #5
- 07-29-2008 #6
Try this
Code:title Windows root (hd0,1) chainloader +1
- 07-29-2008 #7
Boot up from SuperGRUB CD and select Fix Windows Boot Loader option. Does Windows OS boot up?
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
New Users: Read This First


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