[YLUG] Grub fault

[Dominic Hibbs]

Harry's suggestion (and many variations) give me a Windows option in the
menu but they all go  to Acer recovery which, I believe, looses all data
from the system and might mess up the, working Ubuntu.  Below is the last
part of the last attempt.

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Windows XP Media Center Edition
root        (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader    +1

title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root        (hd0,4)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-genericroot=UUID=4386261c-ab0c-4807-bf4d-4f064f8fbdaf
ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,4)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-genericroot=UUID=4386261c-ab0c-4807-bf4d-4f064f8fbdaf
ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root        (hd0,4)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-genericroot=UUID=4386261c-ab0c-4807-bf4d-4f064f8fbdaf
ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,4)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-genericroot=UUID=4386261c-ab0c-4807-bf4d-4f064f8fbdaf
ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic

title        Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
root        (hd0,4)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title        Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title        Acer rescue
root        (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader    +1



On 02/01/2008, Harry Mills <mail at hjmills.co.uk> wrote:
>
> If the Windows boot loader is fine you can add it back in
>
> title                 Windows XP Home Edition
> rootnoverify      (hd0,0) # Adjust for your partition
> chainloader +1
>
> I think that should do it.
>
>
> On 1/2/08, Dominic Hibbs <dominic.hibbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Help!!!!
> >
> > I have just installed version 7.10 of Ubuntu.
> >
> > I have lost the boot option for windows XP.  How do I get it back - It
> > was the default option.
> >
> > Cheers Dominic
> >
> >
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