I have a problem that I can not get winXP to boot from grub.
I replaced Vista on a laptop with WinXP, which as expected clobbered grub. After a successful WinXP install (rebooted winXP twice to confirm it boots ok) I then restored grub from the Linux DVD.
Now I can boot openSUSE-11.1 again from the grub menu selection, but winXP fails to boot, giving the error “NTLDR is missing”
fdisk -l :
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x08000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 18 144553+ de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 19 1324 10489622 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1325 10247 71673997+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 * 10248 30401 161887005 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 10248 10509 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 10510 13120 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 13121 30401 138809601 83 Linux
Menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Dec 24 14:14:16 CET 2009
default 0
timeout 8
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message
##YaST - activate
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title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.39-0.2
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.39-0.2-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250421ASG_5TH06KKG-part6 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250421ASG_5TH06KKG-part5 splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.39-0.2-default
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title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.39-0.2
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.39-0.2-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250421ASG_5TH06KKG-part6 showopts ide=nodma apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.39-0.2-default
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title Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
chainloader +1
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title dell-recovery-partition
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
The active partition is /dev/sda4.
Any suggestions on this? I’ve read of many others with a similar problem, but none with a solution. Note the winXP install is brand new. Booted twice after a fresh install with no file changes, so nothing has been done from a user perspective on the winXP side. Rather IMHO there is something pecular to the way this Service Pack 3 winXP boots that is bringing this about.
Again symptoms: openSUSE-11.1 will boot, but winXP (which is /dev/sda3) will NOT