Lost Grub - 2

[Karl F. Larsen]

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y199mp1505 at gmail.com wrote:
> Flavio,
> 
> Your first hard disk is PATA, your second hard disk is SATA.
> 
> And you are trying a dual boot with Windows XP on the first
> partition of the first disk.
> 
> You seem to believe that Windows would boot from /dev/sdb.
> That's impossible or you have provided incorrect details.
> 
> Forget it anyway, you will never succeed. I spent 20-30 hours
> on this problem and the only solution is:
> 
>   - let Windows control the Master Boot Record (MBR) on /dev/sda
>   - boot Ubuntu through Windows' boot.ini
> 
> Now this is a long story:
> 
>      -   restore the MBR to Windows (use the Windows console from the CD)
> 
>      -   re-install Ubuntu telling the installer
>          to leave the MBR alone, it should install GRUB
>          to /dev/sda6
> 
>      -   use the utility 'dd' to copy the GRUB boot record
>          to a file as follows
> 
>              dd if=/dev/sda6 of=sda6.bin count=1 bs=512
> 
>      -   copy the file sda6.bin to c:\
> 
>      -   add the following line to boot.ini:
>              c:\sda6.bin="Ubuntu 9.04"
> 
> If you are using a previous version of Ubuntu, the installer
> may write to the MBR despite your instruction to the contrary.
> 
> On top of that, you will get better speed if you swap the drives
> on the connectors so that the SATA disk is the first one and becomes
> /dev/sda. This would imply a complete re-istall of both Windows and
> Ubuntu. If you go for it, re-install Ubuntu then Windows so it takes 
> over the MBR.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> 
> -- frank
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
	I would try to make it two problems. The first the 40 GB IDE drive I
would take out of the computer. Now you have just one SATA drive with
160 GB of space now taken up with Windows.

	Do you have a LiveCD of the Ubuntu you want to use? Assummimg yes I
would first get the Windows to boot up. When this works good please use
the windows defragging tool to get the windows as small as possible.

	Then from the LiveCD use the Partition Manager to partition the 160 GB
windows to a 6 GB windows and a 154 GB empty partition. When done check
that windows still works. Then again with partition manager MOVE the 156
GB empty partition to the end of the hard drive. Then make an extended
partition with 156 GB open to use.

	Make a 3 GB partition and make it a swap partition. Make a 7 GB
partition and call it a linux partition. Load your linux here and you
should be able to select Ubuntu or windows now.

	When this works let us know.


73 Karl


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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
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