Dual Booting Problem

COKEDUDE · Post by **COKEDUDE** » Tue May 25, 2010 2:00 pm

I'm having difficulty with dual booting mint and windows xp. I've seen many people say that the Boot Info Script will help so I got that to save some time. I'm able to boot into mint just fine with no problems. Unfortunately for some unknown reason the boot menu is not showing up at all. I don't see anything similar to my picture. I can't boot into XP at all.
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh13 ... otMenu.jpg

I followed this guide to try to fix my grub. I'm not sure if that helped at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

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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 on the same drive in 
    partition #1 for /boot/grub.

sda1: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext3
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  Linux Mint 9 Isadora
    Boot files/dirs:   /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda2: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  Unknown
    Boot sector info:  

sda5: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  

sda6: _________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext3
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info:  
    Operating System:  
    Boot files/dirs:   

sda3: _________________________________________________________________________

    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

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders, total 195371568 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot         Start           End          Size  Id System

/dev/sda1               2,048    20,000,767    19,998,720  83 Linux
/dev/sda2          20,002,814    88,000,511    67,997,698   5 Extended
/dev/sda5          20,002,816    28,000,255     7,997,440  82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6          28,002,304    88,000,511    59,998,208  83 Linux
/dev/sda3    *     88,004,070   195,366,464   107,362,395   7 HPFS/NTFS


blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL                         

/dev/loop0                                              squashfs                                 
/dev/sda1        4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411   ext3                                     
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos" 
/dev/sda3        D07C698F7C697160                       ntfs                                     
/dev/sda5        51e07bf0-b029-416c-bfdb-5a18372d8232   swap                                     
/dev/sda6        4fa4e92e-3532-48fd-a83d-6ea340a669b6   ext3                                     
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos" 

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev  output: ===========================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

aufs             /                        aufs       (rw)
/dev/sr0         /cdrom                   iso9660    (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0       /rofs                    squashfs   (ro,noatime)


=========================== sda1/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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
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 ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
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 ###
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411
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 9, 2.6.32-22-generic-pae (/dev/sda1)" --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic-pae root=UUID=4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411 ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic-pae
}
menuentry "Linux Mint 9, 2.6.32-22-generic-pae (/dev/sda1) -- recovery mode" --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
	recordfail
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411
	echo	'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic-pae root=UUID=4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411 ro single 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic-pae
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root='(hd0,1)'
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411
	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then
  if keystatus; then
    if keystatus --shift; then
      set timeout=-1
    else
      set timeout=0
    fi
  else
    if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
      set timeout=0
    fi
  fi
fi
### 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 ###

=============================== sda1/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    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=4fb33fae-d738-405d-8ba1-bc1ede832411 /               ext3    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /home was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=4fa4e92e-3532-48fd-a83d-6ea340a669b6 /home           ext3    defaults        0       2
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=51e07bf0-b029-416c-bfdb-5a18372d8232 none            swap    sw              0       0

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


   9.4GB: boot/grub/core.img
   9.3GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
   9.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic-pae
   9.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic-pae
   9.4GB: initrd.img
   9.4GB: vmlinuz

================================ sda3/boot.ini: ================================

[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown BootLoader  on sda2

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00000010  99 dc 80 1f 01 01 06 97  3a 01 10 a9 97 be de 7e  |........:......~|
00000020  88 cc da 95 e5 04 00 08  a0 31 df 7e 08 3c d2 83  |.........1.~.<..|
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00000200

COKEDUDE · Post by **COKEDUDE** » Tue May 25, 2010 2:55 pm

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 ... ing%20Boot

I noticed when I used the shift trick that my windows xp isn't even showing up in the menu. How would I fix that?

Giovanni de Canea · Post by **Giovanni de Canea** » Tue May 25, 2010 4:29 pm

why don't you use supergrub disk?
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... ub#p249646

vincent · Post by **vincent** » Tue May 25, 2010 5:43 pm

Have you tried running the following in a terminal:

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sudo update-grub

That should recognize Windows automatically for you...

COKEDUDE · Post by **COKEDUDE** » Wed May 26, 2010 4:31 am

vincent wrote:Have you tried running the following in a terminal:
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sudo update-grub
That should recognize Windows automatically for you...

When I did sudo update-grub all by itself it didn't work. So I'm guessing the grub.cfg got corrupted. When I did sudu grub-mkconfig I assume it fixed my problem with the grub.cfg. After that the sudo update-grub worked fine. So my process to fix my problem was these two commands together.

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sudu grub-mkconfig
sudo update-grub

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