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Re: Windows XP wont boot - Grub error
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:54 am
by 67GTA
There have been problems with the Ubuntu ubiquity installer not assigning external drives correctly. Open a terminal (with the external drive plugged in) and post the output of
Also post a copy of /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/fstab
Re: Windows XP wont boot - Grub error
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:58 pm
by 67GTA
You need to run the fdisk command again. Just copy and paste this into a terminal
You can just copy and paste it here if you want.
Re: Windows XP wont boot - Grub error
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:57 pm
by 67GTA
It looks like you are just running
You need to run the exact command as I have it right here
It should show all of your drives like this:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x02bf1904
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 12748 102398278+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 12749 12781 265072+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 12782 60801 385720650 83 Linux
Re: Windows XP wont boot - Grub error
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:39 pm
by 67GTA
That's what I needed. It all looks good to me. Do you know if the windows drive has the boot flag on? Boot into Mint, plug in your drive, and open the partition editor. Menu>Administration>Partition Editor. In the right top corner will be a drop down menu. Use that to select your Windows drive. Right click on the partition and select "Manage Flags". Make sure the boot flag is checked. If it wasn't checked before, it should boot after it is checked. If it was already checked, then the problem might be with grub. Open a terminal and run these one at a time:
Post the results.