grub2 not found WinXP

[DBelton]

is that an exact copy of what you have?

There are differences in what I posted and what you have..

Like this.. You have
search - no-floppy - fs-uuid - set = root B484A45B84A4223A

and I put this:

search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root value noted from blkid command above

If the UUID of your drive is B484A45B84A4223A

the the line should be:

search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root B484A45B84A4223A

See the difference? You put 1 hyphen and a space where it should be double hyphens.

You can probably also delete the drivemap -s (hd0) ${root} line since you have only the one drive, as well.

[kotfantazer]

I have a grub.cfg is two dashes! Copy here again:

menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sda5)" --class windows --class os {
savedefault
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root B484A45B84A4223A
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}

---------- Post added at 08:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:51 PM ----------

Copy the console output:

su -c blkid
Password:
/dev/sda5: UUID="B484A45B84A4223A" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="a46f6781-e9c2-494d-9a4c-95ec35e1bf55" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda3: UUID="dd040a49-ee2a-411a-b1a8-eec89f80e05c" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda4: LABEL="_Fedora-16-i686-" UUID="21636216-8232-4bb1-bf0c-ab2220cf6094" TYPE="ext4"

---------- Post added at 09:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:53 PM ----------

I deleted the line: drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
No result. Blinking cursor, but Windows will not boot.

[DBelton]

it should boot with that in your grub.cfg

I wonder if it is having issues because Windows isn't in the first primary partition?

What I pasted above boots Windows XP here with F16 and this boots Windows 7 with F17:

menuentry 'Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os {
	savedefault
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ntfs
	set root='hd0,msdos1'
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 4EAE6CB6AE6C986B
	chainloader +1
}

[PabloTwo]

Why don't you have the OP mount /dev/sda5 and look and see if there is actually an XP OS there?
Did he have two Windows partitions... the first for the OS and then one for data?
Did he over write the OS partition installing Fedora leaving only the ntfs data partition?
The fact that the ntfs partition wasn't at the front of the hdd raises red flags in my eyes.

[DBelton]

Good point. I am sure beginning to think that there is really something weird going on with it. Windows XP just doesn't install itself into an extended partition, either. He did say that Windows booted, though, so I pretty much assumed it was ok. I did forget to ask if it booted fine after the Fedora install, though.

What you said does make sense. If by chance Windows got over-written, then that would explain everything.

Plus., looking back at the start/end sectors for the partitions, You can tell they were created in a weird order.

From looking at it, it looks to me like there was 1 primary partition, then 1 extended partition with the ntfs partition inside it. From what it appears to me, is that the primary partition was deleted, then sda1, sda3 and sda4 were created in the space the first partition took up

I would be willing to bet you are correct, Pablo. Originally, there was Windows system, and a ntfs data partition (in the extended partition) . Windows system got deleted Fedora got installed in that free space.

[kotfantazer]

I've done this:
1) I put WinXP on the entire disk to the second partition.
2) It is formatted both partition under NTFS
3) WinXP run
4) On the first partition, I installed Fedora
5) WinXp no longer boot.

[sunnyy9]

Originally Posted by DBelton

That's interesting... Are you even able to boot Windows XP?

Windows XP usually requires itself to be on the first primary partition of the first hard drive. You have it in a extended partition, with your linux partitions before it on the drive.

That could possibly be your problem, too. I'm not certain if grub2 can pick up a Windows XP install in an extended partition or not, and even if it can, I'm not certain if Windows XP would even boot.

Just for reference, here is what I have on my machine where I dual boot Windows and Fedora.

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00045886

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048   481282047   240640000    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       481282048   483379199     1048576   83  Linux
/dev/sda3       483379200   491767807     4194304   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4       491767808   976773167   242502680    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       491769856   617598975    62914560   83  Linux
/dev/sda6       617601024   976773167   179586072   83  Linux

sda1 is my Windows partition
sda2 is my Fedora /boot
sda3 is my Fedora swap
sda4 is an extended partition to hold the others
sda5 is my Fedora /
sda6 is my Fedora /home

just going through different problems tht ppl r facing........
do u mean it is good if windows is on the first partition and linux on others???

just a small question and need an answer for tht, coz i dont want to loose all my data frm windows.....

[bob]

Sunny, I'm sure you text a LOT, but please remember that we've got people logging in from all around the world and trying to translate the posts. So, as it says in the Posting Rules, please take the time to use regular English.

(Sheesh, I retired from Admin. status, didn't I? )

[bitcrusher]

DBelton just wanted to post to say that your method worked for me. I copied your section from grub.cfg and replaced the id. Thank you. I was struggling to get it to work and I couldn't update grub config files. I stumbled on this post via a google search. Windows is installed in sda1 on an ssd. Archlinux on my harddrive.