Hello, I am having some trouble getting my windows xp pro install to boot with grub. I have had it start one time but then I rebooted and never was able to get back into it.
This is my menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Sep 28 02:35:44 CDT 2008
default 0
timeout 8
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/message
##YaST - activate
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title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-default root=/dev/mapper/sil_aiajdjbjccea_par$
initrd /initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-default
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title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-default root=/dev/mapper/sil_aiajdjbjccea_par$
initrd /initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-default
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title Windows XP Pro
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader (hd1,0)+1
This is my output for fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xede266f9
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 91201 732572001 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 30401 244196001 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdc: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 30401 244196001 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdd: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3c2d5254
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 14 3101 24804360 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdd3 3102 9729 53239410 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sde: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x113708db
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sde2 14 3101 24804360 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sde3 3102 9729 53239410 83 Linux
Disk /dev/dm-0: 80.0 GB, 80025313280 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x113708db
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/dm-0p1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/dm-0p2 14 3101 24804360 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/dm-0p3 3102 9729 53239410 83 Linux
Disk /dev/dm-1: 250.0 GB, 250058301440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/dm-1p1 * 1 30401 244196001 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/dm-2: 750.1 GB, 750155586560 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xede266f9
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/dm-2p1 * 1 91201 732572001 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/dm-3: 106 MB, 106896384 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/dm-3 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-4: 25.3 GB, 25399664640 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3088 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/dm-4 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-5: 250.0 GB, 250056705024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30400 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x69205244
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/dm-5p1 ? 13578 119522 850995205 72 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-5p2 ? 45382 79243 271987362 74 Unknown
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-5p3 ? 10499 10499 0 65 Novell Netware 386
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-5p4 167628 167631 25817+ 0 Empty
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/dm-6: 54.5 GB, 54517155840 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6628 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/dm-6 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-7: 750.1 GB, 750153729024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91200 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x69205244
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/dm-7p1 ? 13578 119522 850995205 72 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-7p2 ? 45382 79243 271987362 74 Unknown
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-7p3 ? 10499 10499 0 65 Novell Netware 386
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/dm-7p4 167628 167631 25817+ 0 Empty
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Partition table entries are not in disk order
I have 2x 250GB HD’s in a RAID 1 for my windows xp pro, I have 2x 80GB HD’s in a RAID 1, and I have 1x 750GB HD for storage as NTFS.
If you can help please do, I really would like to be able to get back on my Windows OS I need stuff on there. Thank you ahead of time!