After installing LinuxMint 8 Main, Windows XP doesn't appear in my GRUB boot menu.
I'm pretty new to Linux in general, so please bear that in mind when responding!
Here's the output from 'Boot Info Script':
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Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks for
(UUID=afb43437-67b2-4cf2-838d-c7a837e119a7)/boot/grub.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
sda1: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
sdb1: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sdb2: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Linux Mint 8 Helena - Main
Edition
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
sdb3: _________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 60.1 GB, 60060155904 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7758 cylinders, total 117304992 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xbce1bce1
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 117,285,839 117,285,777 7 HPFS/NTFS
Drive: sdb ___________________ _____________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sdb: 40.1 GB, 40060403712 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders, total 78242976 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000aff40
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sdb1 63 1,959,929 1,959,867 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb2 1,959,930 31,262,489 29,302,560 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 31,262,490 78,236,549 46,974,060 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda1 C20C8E0F0C8DFEA3 ntfs Windows XP Home
/dev/sdb1 b02368dc-c72a-4994-b219-eb77d8fdd136 swap
/dev/sdb2 afb43437-67b2-4cf2-838d-c7a837e119a7 ext3
/dev/sdb3 25df1bcc-95f5-42ab-b499-31d6ba387a70 ext3
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sdb2 / ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb3 /home ext3 (rw)
================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
=========================== sdb2/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then
have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set afb43437-67b2-4cf2-838d-c7a837e119a7
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
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/white
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set afb43437-67b2-4cf2-838d-c7a837e119a7
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/linuxmint.png ; then
set color_normal=white/black
set color_highlight=white/light-gray
else
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=white/light-gray
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Linux Mint 8 Helena, linux 2.6.31-14-generic (/dev/sdb2)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set afb43437-67b2-4cf2-838d-c7a837e119a7
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=afb43437-67b2-4cf2-838d-c7a837e119a7 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Linux Mint 8 Helena, linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd1,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set afb43437-67b2-4cf2-838d-c7a837e119a7
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=afb43437-67b2-4cf2-838d-c7a837e119a7 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### 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 ###
=============================== sdb2/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' 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 defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=afb43437-67b2-4cf2-838d-c7a837e119a7 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb3 during installation
UUID=25df1bcc-95f5-42ab-b499-31d6ba387a70 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=b02368dc-c72a-4994-b219-eb77d8fdd136 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
=================== sdb2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
15.5GB: boot/grub/core.img
15.5GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
15.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
15.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
15.5GB: initrd.img
15.5GB: vmlinuz
