[SOLVED] 2 drives 3 OS's Problem loading WindowsXP
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:46 pm
Hi,
I had only one HD drive (sda) dual booting WindowsXp and Linux Mint fine. Then I got another SSD drive (sdb) and installed WindowsXP on sdb and Linux Mint again (but I know that the windows boot loader got installed on sda cuz it's the 1st drive while I chose to install GRUB for the new Linux Mint installation on sdb).
Now I deleted the old WindowsXP partition on sda and if I try to load the new WindowsXP installtion from sdb I get a (Missing NTDLR) fo course cuz the boot loader that booted both WindowsXP installations got deleted from the MBR.
My question is: can I fix this using GRUB and make my new WindowsXP installation (on sdb) boot again withouthaving to install it again? (And still keeping the new Linux Mint installation on sdb)
Here is my boot-info results:
I had only one HD drive (sda) dual booting WindowsXp and Linux Mint fine. Then I got another SSD drive (sdb) and installed WindowsXP on sdb and Linux Mint again (but I know that the windows boot loader got installed on sda cuz it's the 1st drive while I chose to install GRUB for the new Linux Mint installation on sdb).
Now I deleted the old WindowsXP partition on sda and if I try to load the new WindowsXP installtion from sdb I get a (Missing NTDLR) fo course cuz the boot loader that booted both WindowsXP installations got deleted from the MBR.
My question is: can I fix this using GRUB and make my new WindowsXP installation (on sdb) boot again withouthaving to install it again? (And still keeping the new Linux Mint installation on sdb)
Here is my boot-info results:
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Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.
=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks at sector
96139088 of the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location
and looks in partition 72 for .
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:
sda6: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:
sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files:
sdb2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb6: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Linux Mint 14 Nadia
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab
sdb7: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:
============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 300.1 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders, total 586072368 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System
/dev/sda2 40,965,811 586,067,264 545,101,454 f W95 Extended (LBA)
/dev/sda5 296,849,133 586,067,264 289,218,132 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 40,965,874 296,848,956 255,883,083 83 Linux
Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 240.1 GB, 240057409536 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 29185 cylinders, total 468862128 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 61,432,559 61,432,497 7 NTFS / exFAT / HPFS
/dev/sdb2 61,433,854 468,860,927 407,427,074 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 61,433,856 69,244,927 7,811,072 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6 69,246,976 108,306,431 39,059,456 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 108,308,480 468,860,927 360,552,448 83 Linux
"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda5 a5920ba0-cdf1-43cd-b51d-c951b7fd1a54 ext3 Data
/dev/sda6 be787bbf-0513-40e4-8705-14a85bd6b2d0 ext4 Data 2
/dev/sdb1 E2B8AE66B8AE38C5 ntfs
/dev/sdb5 f01f604f-4215-46da-ac7d-fe55fa996e92 swap
/dev/sdb6 b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998 ext4
/dev/sdb7 05228541-4700-4b8f-83e6-7614d0494a2b ext4
/dev/sr0 udf RA3
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdb6 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb7 /home ext4 (rw)
/dev/sr0 /media/ali/RA3 udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,umask=0077,uhelper=udisks2)
=========================== sdb6/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos6 b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=white/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
set gfxpayload="$1"
if [ "$1" = "keep" ]; then
set vt_handoff=vt.handoff=7
else
set vt_handoff=
fi
}
if [ ${recordfail} != 1 ]; then
if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; then
if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; then
if [ ${match} = 0 ]; then
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
export linux_gfx_mode
if [ "$linux_gfx_mode" != "text" ]; then load_video; fi
menuentry 'Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.5.0-17-generic (/dev/sdb6)' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos6 b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.5.0-17-generic (/dev/sdb6) -- recovery mode' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos6 b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.5.0-17-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos6 b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998
fi
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd1,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos6 b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998
fi
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry 'Windows NT/2000/XP (loader) (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-E6CC1F24CC1EEE95' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 E6CC1F24CC1EEE95
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root E6CC1F24CC1EEE95
fi
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 14 Nadia (14)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Linux Mint 14 Nadia (14)' $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-advanced-ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6' {
menuentry 'Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.5.0-17-generic (/dev/sda6) (on /dev/sda6)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic--ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon 32-bit, 3.5.0-17-generic (/dev/sda6) -- recovery mode (on /dev/sda6)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic-root=UUID=ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6 ro recovery nomodeset-ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=ed87d15c-3121-4c6d-b2b3-1aa2b0e269b6 ro recovery nomodeset
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic
}
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=============================== sdb6/etc/fstab: ================================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sdb6 during installation
UUID=b7ec91ce-0c48-4ca8-a335-39b5af63e998 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb7 during installation
UUID=05228541-4700-4b8f-83e6-7614d0494a2b /home ext4 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=3a677d84-b123-4766-ac9b-5f624655a8c1 none swap sw 0 0
# swap was on /dev/sdb5 during installation
UUID=f01f604f-4215-46da-ac7d-fe55fa996e92 none swap sw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=================== sdb6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
49.147842407 = 52.772093952 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
36.799194336 = 39.512834048 boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-17-generic 1
33.942317963 = 36.445286400 boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic 2
36.799194336 = 39.512834048 initrd.img 1
36.799194336 = 39.512834048 initrd.img.old 1
33.942317963 = 36.445286400 vmlinuz 2