grub menu fails to load after rebooting windows

[Jonathan Riddell]

Binary package hint: grub2

I installed Kubuntu Karmic Alpha 4 without problem. Grub works normally and I can boot into Kubuntu. I can also boot into Windows XP. But after rebooting from Windows the grub menu fails to load and just a blinking cursor appears on screen. This is quite reproducable and a Jaunty install does not have the same problem.

[Artur Rona (ari-tczew)]

What version do you have? Me too don't see grub's menu.

grub2 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu2

[Djainette (djainette)]

Same here on a Compaq 6715b after installing karmic 20090829.2 daily build.
Can't load grub after a cold restart.
Workaround : reinstall karmic from the liveCD then reboot without shuting down (I guess grub is still in some memory part then, but is lost after a shutdown)

[Djainette (djainette)]

Edit : this is not a cold restart/reboot problem. After rebooting from XP, grub2 won't load.

[lncoll (luis-coll)]

I'm affected as well.
Every time I boot in Windows Xp Pro. After this grub2 does not load, stays the loading grub message with the blinking cursor.
Here I atteach the first 512 bites of the disk after grub fail and before reinstall grub2. ?field.comment=I'm affected as well.
Every time I boot in Windows Xp Pro. After this grub2 does not load, stays the loading grub message with the blinking cursor.
Here I atteach the first 512 bites of the disk after grub fail and before reinstall grub2.

[lncoll (luis-coll)]

This problem is the same from Aug 10th, when i installed Karmic first time.