[YLUG] Grub fault

[Dominic Hibbs]

That's done it - Thank you very much.

Dominic

On 03/01/2008, Harry Mills <mail at hjmills.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Acer recovery will be the first partition on the drive followed by a
> second partition for Windows. Change the (hd0,0) to (hd0,1) and you should
> have windows back. Do not use the acer recovery partition as it will do
> exactly as you predict and lose the working Ubuntu and everything on
> windows.
>
> If this doesn't work then I recommend running "sudo fdisk -l" in Ubuntu to
> find which partition the windows partition is.
>
> Harry
>
> On 1/3/08, Dominic Hibbs <dominic.hibbs at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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<https://mail.google.com/a/hjmills.co.uk/?view=cm&tf=0&to=mail@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<https://mail.google.com/a/hjmills.co.uk/?view=cm&tf=0&to=dominic.hibbs@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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