No Vista after 2nd Xubuntu install
I have read so many experiences from other people with this same problem, but the fixes just don't seem to work for me. I had been running a dual boot with Vista Home (already loaded) on my HP Slimline PC. It worked just fine, until I started getting X-Server errors on boot-up into Xubuntu. I should have looked for a fix for that, but I got so frustrated that I just re-installed Xubuntu. The install found Vista/Longhorn, but it was the Recovery partition that it found, and left out the main Vista partition. It's still there, but won't boot to it, and won't even show it on the desktop. It's in the /media folder as "sda1", but won't let me access it. I've gone back and put the "boot" flag back to this partition, reloaded the grub, and even hid the Recovery partition, but still no Vista. I'm afraid if I use DOS's FDISK/MBR, it will wipe out Xubuntu. This is what my FDISK /l looks like:
Disk /dev/sda: 320 GB, 320070320640 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 28071 225480276 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 28072 37078 72340695 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 37079 37765 5510295 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 37079 37765 5510295 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 37766 38913 9213277 1c Hidd FAT32 LBA
Warning: Unable to open /dev/scd0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/scd0 has been opened read-only.
Error: Unable to open /dev/scd0 - unrecognised disk label.
(By the way, the CD it's referring to is the Xubuntu 7.10 install Alternative AMD 64)
My GRUB looks like this:
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10
## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu
# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/
# password topsecret
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_
## kopt_2_
# kopt=root=
## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,1)
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative
## lockalternative
# lockalternative
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash
## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false
## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=
## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=
# altoptions=
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaulten
## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false
## ## End Default Options ##
title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-
initrd /boot/initrd.
quiet
title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-
initrd /boot/initrd.
title Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/memtest86
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 Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
I had manually changed the "automatically added" from sda3 to sda1, and changed the root from (hd0,2) to (hd0,0).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
Scott Price
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