Ubuntu 8.04 Installation: Grub Error no15

[Jonathan183]

OK I've tried it and it worked on my system with Win98 and Win2000. In my instance sda1 has boot.ini file and setup example for Linux on sda9. Already have config files for grub on sda9.
1. Install grub to sda9 boot sector

sudo grub
root (hd0,8)
setup (hd0,8)
quit

2. create file with grub from sda9 boot sector

dd if=/dev/sda9 of=/home/jonathan/linux9.bin bs=446 count=1

3. mount sda1 to /media/sda1

sudo mkdir /media/sda1
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1

4. copy linux9.bin to Windows root

sudo cp /home/jonathan/linux9.bin /media/sda1

5. rebooted in Windows and open command line change to c:, change file to non system and hidden

c:
cd \
attrib -s -h boot.ini

6. Edit the file (notepad will do) and add a line

c:\linux9.bin="Linux on sda9"

Then reboot the system ... and it should work.

When I first tried this I used the filename linuxsda9.bin and I got an error message ...

Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<windows 2000 root> \system32\ntoskrnl.exe
Please re-install a copy of the above file.

I renamed linuxsda9.bin to linux9.bin, updated boot.ini and now it works ... so I think the error message is something to do with 8 character filename limit being exceeded

Hope this helps & things work out on your system ... let us know how it goes

Corrected post ... missed bs=446 and count=1 from original post. Also tried with XP home edition and it works for that to

[trale]

i want to share this with you about grub install error.
i had xp os on my hp pavilion laptop and i installed kubuntu 9.04
but it was not what i need so i reinstalled ubuntu9.04
i had 160gb hard drive with xp partition partition for linux acronis partition and one empty for keeping files.
when i started instaling ubuntu at the end it gave me grub fatal eror.
i was looking for an answer reading theese forums, even though i am new to linux, i couldn't understand meny things. but i understood somehow that there needs to be an order.
used XP CD for formating my hard drive
i made new partitions for:
XP
Ubuntu
and one empty ntfs partition
first install XP
then Ubuntu
and there was no grub error

i thought that because i had kubuntu before, that is why i had that grub error.

what do you think about this?

[Jonathan183]

Having another version of Linux installed first should make little difference. If you want to replace one OS with another you can normally select manual partitioning and select partitions to install to.

I used to just reinstall an OS if I have problems but with Linux I have stopped doing this ... I at least try and fix the issue so I understand what has happened and how I can fix it if I make a mess of things again (even if after that I do a fresh install).

It sounds as though you have cured the issue you had by a complete re-install of Windows and Linux. If you have an issue next time then my suggestion is you try to fix it yourself or ask for help ... You can fix most issues with a live CD and a bit of knowledge ... even I manage it - most of the time

[silentarts]

Hey. This is my situation....

I recently, aka, the day before yesterday...lol...installed Windows XP, then put Auditor and BackTrack and uBuntu Followed after. Now, i have managed to get into my Windows XP, by simply booting my Windows 98 CD into DOS and typed fdisk /mbr and rebooted and it went straight into Windows XP....

Here is my setup:

Partition 1: 56GB - Windows XP
Partition 2: 20GB - BackTrack
Partition 3: 20GB - Auditor
Partition 4: 20GB - uBuntu
Partition 5: 20GB - Empty So Far(Wanted to put iPC(OSx Leopard), but my PC is SSE) and not SSE2/SSE3
Partition 6: 20GB - Used as temp for Installation

Now, from that point, I am going to use Chain0 in Windows XP....

How do i go about that?

Thanks for the help in advanced...

[yancek]

Your problems is a little different than the original poster and you might be better off starting a new thread. Also, I don't really understand your problem or what you want to accomplish. You installed some Linux distros after xp, then rewrote the master boot record win xp bootloader and can't boot your Linux installs, is that the problem?

Now, from that point, I am going to use Chain0 in Windows XP....

Don't know what that means? If you want to chainload all operating systems that can be done quite easily with Grub. You can boot your other OS's from xp also but that takes considerably more effort.

What exactly do you want to do?

[Jonathan183]

Your problems is a little different than the original poster and you might be better off starting a new thread.

silentarts it's probably better to stick with your original thread here. I only posted a link to this thread as an example for you to follow - see my post #21 in this thread which gives step by step how I setup multi-boot using Windows bootloader in Windows 2000.