easybcd menu.lst???

[MattS]

Using easyBCD what goes in the menu.lst file if I want to boot from hd0, partition 4 (Ubuntu 9.04)?

[robertdaleweir]

Hi MattS
Could you post your current 'menu.lst' and the output from 'fdisk -l' when your booted into (Ubuntu 9.04)? I assume EasyBCD uses a modified Grub like bootloader or something similar, as it uses 'menu.lst' which is exactly the same as GRUB uses. Cheers...
Robert

[MattS]

Actually, easyBCD edits the vista bootloader
menu.lst:
# NeoSmart NeoGrub Bootloader Configuration File
#
# This is the NeoGrub configuration file, and should be located at C:\NST\menu.lst
# Please see the EasyBCD Documentation for information on how to create/modify entries:
# EasyBCD Documentation Home - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki

timeout 0
default 0

title /boot/grub/menu.lst
fallback 1
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /boot/grub/menu.lst
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst

title /grub/menu.lst
fallback 2
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /grub/menu.lst
configfile /grub/menu.lst

title /boot/grub.conf
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /boot/grub.conf
configfile /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub.conffiles

# All your boot are belong to NeoSmart!
and unfortunately I can't boot into ubuntu so I can't show you the results of fdisc.

[yancek]

Do you have your Ubuntu install CD or any Live CD. You should be able to use that to run: sudo fdisk -l to get partition information. I noticed on the neosmart site that they do not have the same naming convention as Grub. With the Linux Grub, drives and partitions start at zero (0) and with their NeoGrub drives start with zero (0) and partitions with one (1). So with the actual Grub, sda1 would be (hd0,0) and with NeoGrub would be (hd0,1). They seem to have a lot of documentation but I've never used vista and don't have any actual experience with Easy BCD.

[MattS]

Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe8d7e389

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 6527 52428096 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 6528 13054 52428124 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 13055 44724 254389272 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 44725 47764 24418800 83 Linux

[Lostfarmer]

Do you have linux's "GRUB" installed on your linux partition ? That is a must, if not sure post back and some one will tell you how.
Do not manually modify neosmart boot files , use there configuration "Add/Remove Entries".
Did you read the link you povided in you post ,Linux - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki

Which OS did you install first ?

[robertdaleweir]

Hi MattS
At the same place you ran the 'fdisk' command run the following. fsck /dev/sda4 and this will check your filesystem on the Ubuntu Partition. It should also fix any errors if corruption has occurred. As you will be booting from a cd or something the partitions will not be mounted. Hence you can check them directly as you, by default, are root.
Post your results and we can go to the next step. Cheers...
Robert

[MattS]

Vista was pre-installed

[MattS]

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ fsck /dev/sda4
fsck 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
e2fsck 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
fsck.ext2: Permission denied while trying to open /dev/sda4
You must have r/w access to the filesystem or be root

[rcgreen]

Why are you trying to edit the config file manually?

Add and Remove Entries - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki