Problem with Grub in Linux Mint

[aILKE]

I was using Mandriva in the recent years. I wanted to try LinuxMint, by installing it on a hard drive that I usually used for versions in development. So I downloaded and burned a live CD of Helena. Installation: no problem, I chose my partition on the hard drive good. Except that the system does not ask me which to install grub. So I "suffered" to replace my main grub (MBR on my first hard disk). Upon reboot fright: Before launching grub, hard disk remained mill for long seconds before I offer a menu where apparently had kept all my entries. The system was launched Helena no problem when I selected. But when I rebooted to test the launch of Mandriva, wham: Unable to launch Mandriva: error messages (including "missing score or record). I saw top of the menu of grub it's actually a beta version. I am very disappointed with this test. Fortunately, I managed to restore my original grub, so I can now run Mandriva again. Well, if anyone had some idea where I can continue testing of LinuxMint, which is installed, but unavailable at this time, I would appreciate it.

[Zhankana_n]

There is a button "Advanced" on last page of the ubiquity with GRUB options. You can choose not to install GRUB, but then you must update the Mandriva GRUB. But for this you need to change the grub of Mandriva and you can follow these things. title LinuxMint; root (hd1,4); configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst. For you need to find the file with the name menu.lst. I hope that this will definitely solve the problem that you facing. If you are having any other issue then do let me know. I will try to resolve that as soon as possible. I am not a master in Linux Mint but I am having solution for most of the problem related to Linux Mint.

[teena_pansare]

Today, I have installed Linux Mint through a live CD. It all went quite normal. When I start the computer, it goes to GRUB boot loader. In this there is also an entry for Windows XP, which I have installed a different partition on. When I click on that entry, however, the short black screen and then I still ended up in the GRUB boot menu, then on the side where I was before. The other entries (the Linux Mint) and I can work all Linux Mint without problems start. How can it be that Windows XP will not boot? I will be waiting for the related reply.

[Ekpah]

Before providing you any solution for the problem that you are facing I need to know some more information. Let me know the output for these things.

sudo fdisk-l
grep-v ^ # / boot / grub / menu.lst | cat-s

One more thing I would like to tell you that if Windows was not partition sda1, it could be that important startup files from Windows to another partition, which may not have survived the Linux installation. Might as well the lack of "make active" in / boot / grub / menu.lst. I hope that you have understood what I am trying to convey.

[teena_pansare]

Here are things that you have asked for. Output for “sudo fdisk-l”

Drive / dev / sda: 80.0 GByte, 80026361856 Byte
255 heads, 63 sectors / tracks, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Boot device. Start End Blocks Id System
/ Dev/sda1 * 1 4869 39110211 7 HPFS / NTFS
/ Dev/sda2 4870 9729 39037950 f W95 Adults (LBA)
/ Dev/sda5 4870 9206 34836921 7 HPFS / NTFS
/ Dev/sda6 4200966 9207 9729 b W95 FAT32

Disk / dev / sdb: GB 160.0, 160 041 885 696 byte
255 heads, 63 sectors / track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 × 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd151e6aa

Boot device. Start End Blocks Id System
/ Dev/sdb1 1 7296 58604899 + 7 HPFS / NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/ Dev/sdb2 19 457 7297 97683232 + f W95 Adults (LBA)
/ Dev/sdb5 7297 7688 3148708 + 7 HPFS / NTFS
/ Dev/sdb6 7689 91,530,306 19 083 83 Linux
/ 19 084 19 457 dev/sdb7 3004123 + 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Output for “ grep-v ^ # / boot / grub / menu.lst | cat-s”

default 0

gfxmenu = / boot / gfxmenu / linuxmint.message

timeout 10

color cyan / blue white / blue

title Linux Mint 7 Gloria, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
root (hd1, five)
kernel / boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root = / dev/sdb6 ro quiet splash
initrd / boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title Linux Mint 7 Gloria, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd1, 5)
kernel / boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root = / ro single dev/sdb6
initrd / boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Linux Mint 7 Gloria, memtest86 +
root (hd1, 5)
kernel / boot/memtest86 +.'m
quiet

title Other operating systems:
root

title Windows XP Home Edition
rootnoverify (hd0, 0)
savedefault
chainloader +1

Now I hope that I will get a relevant solution for the problem that I am facing. If you can suggest anything for solving the problem then it will be really great. I will be waiting for the related reply.

[Ekpah]

The entry has been created for the first primary partition of the first and smaller hard drive (installed Linux on the second, larger). If the non-booting Windows actually installed in sda1 and not in sdb1. The first approach, if the location of the Windows installation by the Mint installer has been determined correctly Adding the above-quoted lines from makeactive: Title Microsoft Windows XP Home edition

rootnoverify (hd0, 0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

Therefore you should first make a backup copy of / boot / grub / menu.lst to create and then with the original

sudo nano / boot / grub / menu.lst