[SOLVED] XPPro won't boot...

**buccaneere** · 02-14-2009

Who cares - right? I think I did boot it once just to check boot capability. Anyway...

I had XP and Ubuntu dual boot. Each on its own hard disk - IDE secondary channel. Ubuntu master, XP slave (2 ODD's on primary).

I added an IDE controller card with PCLOS on it. Boots fine. Then I imported the grub from Ubuntu into PCLOS grub. Now I can select Ubuntu from boot menu, and it goes to the entire [old] grub Still no problem.

But now the disk enumeration is different. I select Ubuntu, and no boot. I edit the boot entry from for Ubuntu (hd0,0) to (hd1,0), and it boots fine. Now I need to make that permanent.

BUT, if I choose XP from the Ubuntu grub menu, no boot.

The [old] XP menu entry WAS

Code:

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hdb1
title		Microsoft Windows XP Professional
map             (hd0) (hd1)
map             (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify    (hd1,0)
chainloader	+1

What should it be NOW?

I tried editing the entry AT BOOT, the same as Ubuntu, to:
map.................... (hd0) (hd2)
map ...................(hd2) (hd0)
rootnoverify...... (hd2,0)
with no luck.

Then I tried editing :
map ...................(hd0) (hd1)
map ................... (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify ...... (hd2,0)
with no luck.

Any idea?

**Jonathan183** · 02-14-2009

Boot the first version of Linux that you get from the first menu (PCLOS?) and post the output of

Code:

sudo fdisk -l
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

will help answer this one.

Ed: and looking at your previous post ... set the root then map the drives

**buccaneere** · 02-15-2009

Howdy Mr. J...

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc1   *           1        9447    75882996   83  Linux
/dev/hdc2            9448        9729     2265165    5  Extended
/dev/hdc5            9448        9729     2265133+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/hdd: 30.7 GB, 30735581184 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3736 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdd1   *           1        3736    30009388+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdf: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdf1   *           1        1019     8185086   83  Linux
/dev/hdf2            1020        9729    69963075    5  Extended
/dev/hdf5            1020        1528     4088511   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdf6            1529        9729    65874501   83  Linux
[root@localhost ~]#

'F' is PCI IDE card, with PCLOS.

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# cat /boot/grub/meun.lst
cat: /boot/grub/meun.lst: No such file or directory
[root@localhost ~]# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/usr/share/gfxboot/themes/pclinuxos/boot/message
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/hdf1  acpi=on resume=/dev/hdf5 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hdf1  acpi=on resume=/dev/hdf5
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/hdf1  failsafe acpi=on resume=/dev/hdf5
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title XPPro     <--- This entry was from a different configuration.
root (hd2,0)     
map (0x81) (0x80)
map (0x80) (0x81)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title Ubuntu in (hd1,0)
root (hd1,0)
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
[root@localhost ~]#

The last entry I created by copy /paste:
title Ubuntu in (hd1,0)
root (hd1,0)
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
It brings up the OLD GRUB, from before addition of PCI IDE card with PCLOS?

Confused? Me TOO! And I'm not with you on 'Set root and map drives...'.

EDIT:
I got Ubuntu added properly to PCLOS GRUB, like this:
1) From PCLOS GRUB boot menu, I clicked on

Code:

title Ubuntu in (hd1,0)
root (hd1,0)
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst

That got me to the old GRUB for Ubuntu, which listed Ubuntu and XP which USED TO work, but now do not, since enumeration changed.

2) I copied the Ubuntu info for root, kernel, and initrd info by hand (WHEW), EDITED THE LOCATION FROM (hd0,0) to (hd1,0), re-booted into PCLOS, and entered it directly into PCLOS GRUB menu.lst.

3) I rebooted, and scrolled to the new Ubuntu entry, and it loaded. COOL.

Now, how do I do the same for the XP install, on the other disk? I tried the edit described in post 1 (red text), but NO-GO...

**Jonathan183** · 02-15-2009

Try adding to PCLOS grub menu

Code:

title XP
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
chainloader +1

I think you will get more reliable grub operation with multiple disks using uuid in both grub menu files and fstab entries.
Let us know if the XP entry works, if not what errors do you get?
The also boot from PCLOS and type ls /dev/disk/by-uuid -l and post output.

**buccaneere** · 02-15-2009

Originally Posted by Jonathan183

Try adding to PCLOS grub menu

Code:

title XP
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
chainloader +1

I think you will get more reliable grub operation with multiple disks using uuid in both grub menu files and fstab entries.
Let us know if the XP entry works, if not what errors do you get?
The also boot from PCLOS and type ls /dev/disk/by-uuid -l and post output.

No error; but totally blank screen.

(Before putting in PCI IDE card with PCLOS disk already on it, I did a fixmbr for XP. This changed the UUID???)
---------------------------------------
This is current:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# ls /dev/disk/by-uuid -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 15 08:57 2030A6DF30A6BAE4 -> ../../hdd1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 15 08:57 2a20821c-cdb2-4b61-b906-3551af20afc5 -> .                                   ./../hdf5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 15 08:57 51f8db2d-215a-4377-800a-0e31e6c7067c -> .                                   ./../hdc5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 15 08:57 6463a85e-68bf-4102-a95a-06e9b4ae921b -> .                                   ./../hdf1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 15 08:57 c750b94d-415d-4015-8d90-54500d601b5d -> .                                   ./../hdc1

Just to make sure Windows had no error, I pulled the PCI IDE card, and booted. Ubuntu Grub came up, I selected XP, and it booted.

**Jonathan183** · 02-15-2009

Lets just check how grub is referencing disk partitions. With all disks connected, at grub boot menu press escape and exit menu. Type c for command and type find /boot/grub/stage1 ... what does this report ... entries should be something like (hd0,0) etc.

**buccaneere** · 02-16-2009

grub loaders found at:
hd0,0 (I presume this is PCLOS GRUB, since first boot device is SCSI, and PCLOS is on PCI IDE card);
and hd1,0. (This GRUB is improperly configured, UNLESS the PCI IDE card is removed. The enumeration changes I believe).

[root@localhost ~]# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/usr/share/gfxboot/themes/pclinuxos/boot/message
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/hdf1 acpi=on resume=/dev/hdf5 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hdf1 acpi=on resume=/dev/hdf5
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/hdf1 failsafe acpi=on resume=/dev/hdf5
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title XPPro <--- This entry was from a different configuration.
root (hd2,0)
map (0x81) (0x80)
map (0x80) (0x81)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title Ubuntu in (hd1,0)
root (hd1,0)
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
[root@localhost ~]#

If BOLDED selection is made, it loads GRUB for Ubuntu, BUT NEITHER Ubuntu or XP will load.

**Jonathan183** · 02-16-2009

Try adding makeactive after the rootnoverify line in my previous post ... if that does not work try entering them one at a time at the grub prompt. Does any line throw an error?

**buccaneere** · 02-17-2009

I'm doin' line-by-line at GRUB shell, for Windows device (hd2,0)

First line came back void...
root (hd2,0)
"Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7

GRUB prompt returns.

I restarted the line-by-line, starting with:
rootnoverify (hd2,0) accepted
(are you saying try again with <makeactive> here?)
map (hd0) (hd2) accepted
map (hd2) (hd0) accepted
chainloader +1 accepted
boot return:blank screen.

**devils casper** · 02-17-2009

Unplug/Disable all disks except the one having Windows OS. Set it as First Boot Device in BIOS. Does Windows OS boot up fine?

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