• Trying to boot Windows XP from GRUB gives me a blank screen
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All I get when I try to boot windows is a black screen with a blinking cursor. I tried running fixboot from the repair console for xp but it didn't do anything. This is from a Ubuntu installation if that makes any difference.
type cat /boot/grub/menu.lst post the output.
There is none. There is a grub directory filled with a bunch of .mod files and a few other things, but no menu. This seems like it is related, though. It is in the boot.cfg file. [code]### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sda1)" { insmod ntfs set root=(hd0,1) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1264d01764cffb83 drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} chainloader +1 } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###[/code]
That's grub2 it seems.
Alright then. I gave it a Google search and found a tutorial on how to fix it, but it did not work. Can I just go back to the original grub. That booted into XP fine.
Yeah, that's grub2, I personally have had nothing but problems with it. You might be able to just sudo apt-get install grub. but afaik you have to download and install it.
I messed up the boot sequence of Xp in trying to fix it so I had to format everything to NTFS, install XP, install Ubuntu and tell it to never upgrade to GRUB2. I am now left with two OS's that need everything reinstalled on. [img]http://www.helsinki.fi/~jisaloma/stuff/fffffffffuuuuuuu.png[/img] [editline]04:49PM[/editline] For anyone looking for a morale on this Yuletide story: "Dont use GRUB2 unless you know what you are getting into, and when trying to remedy the problem, never run bootcfg in the recovery console unless you know what you are doing."
You don't need to reinstall everything, just remove grub2 and install the normal grub and configure it.
[QUOTE=redonkulous;19201025]Dont use GRUB2 unless you know what you are getting into[/QUOTE] Unless you knew that this could happen, then you are the fool here. GRUB2 itself warns you that it is for testing and shouldn't be used on a stable system unless you know exactly what you are doing. [code][QUOTE=redonkulous;19193752]There is none. There is a grub directory filled with a bunch of .mod files and a few other things, but no menu. This seems like it is related, though. It is in the boot.cfg file. [code]### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sda1)" { insmod ntfs set root=(hd0,1) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1264d01764cffb83 drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} chainloader +1 } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###[/code] grub.d? Also, you don't need all that. This is the minimum: [code]menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sda1)" { set root=(hd0,1) chainloader +1 }[/code]
Well normally I wouldn't have to reinstall, but I messed up the boot sequence of XP while trying to fix GRUB2. No bootloader would work at that point. I didn't chose to get grub2, when I installed Ubuntu it was brought in during its updating.
Just in case, you should probably make a grub boot disk, an i686 live-cd of your favorite distro, and an x86-64 disk. With this only faulty hardware can get in your way :D
Yes, I learned that NOW. One more thing I know how to fix at least.
I run GRUB2, and have no problems booting Linux Mint 8 32-bit and Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on my laptop. :/
I've had it on my Windows 7 computer without any issues. It seems it just hates XP.
[QUOTE=Pixel Heart;19249838]I run GRUB2, and have no problems booting Linux Mint 8 32-bit and Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on my laptop. :/[/QUOTE] yes we know that you never have problems and that mint is the best thing that's ever happened to you please remove yourself from the thread because saying that it works for YOU does not help OP. grub2 is still unstable software, for some it works, for others it doesn't
Grub would hang with my old setup for some reason. It was painful trying to find distributions that included LILO on the install disk. I read up on it and it turned out to be my CD drive that was causing the issues. I swapped it out for one that was in my closet and shit zoomed. The moral of the story is Grub is weird. It only takes a tiny thing that you wouldn't think would do anything to fuck shit up.
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