Grub issues

Frank DiPrete fdiprete at comcast.net
Wed Mar 18 15:12:37 EDT 2009


if ubuntu is booting then just add the windows entry for sdb to menu.lst
(grub starts numbering at 0)

title Windows
	rootnoverify (hd1,0)
	chainloader +1

and rem out hiddenmenu if it is there so you can actually see the entry.


Jesse Lazar wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I kinda hosed my boot loader, was wondering if anyone could point me in 
> the direction of putting the pieces back together.
>  
> The computer is my desktop pc. I have two drives: the first has four 
> partitions and the second has only one.
>  
> sda1 is 10GB, ext3, unused
> sda2 is 130GB, NTFS, storage of files (shared with windows)
> sda3 is 10GB, ext3, this is where the Ubuntu system lives
> sda4 is 1GB, swap
>  
> sdb is 20GB, this disk has windows on it
>  
> I re-installed grub a couple times as I was not able to boot my Ubuntu 
> system directly, was having to use a "super-grub-disc" (this is after 
> re-mapping the drives in grub so I could boot windows). Whatever I did 
> last I acutally wiped out the grub installation, there is no "menu.1st" 
> or kernel on sda3.
>  
> So, I have this "super-grub-disc" rescue disc, but not having a kernel 
> I'm not sure what I can do. I also have a ubuntu installation disc.
>  
> Thanks!
> 
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