windows xp won't boot from Grub (Disk write error) / Ubuntu 8.10

Bug #295115 reported by michael mestre
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grub (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub

I installed successfully Ubuntu 8.10 on a PC that previously had a Ubuntu 7.10 / Windows XP dual boot.
For a clean install I chose to format the root partition, and leave the others untouched.

Ubuntu 8.10 boots correctly from Grub, but Windows XP is broken
(It says "Disk write error" the first time I select it, and after this error any choice from the Grub menu results in a "wrong number of cylinders" kind of error, and I have to physically reboot the PC to be able to boot again).

Apparently, no data was lost in the process ; all the data from the linux home partition and the windows partition seem there.

I tried removing all the boot options manually for the Windows menu entry in Grub, but to no avail.

Would this be a problem with the default Grub options, by any chance ?

Tags: boot grub xp
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michael mestre (michael-mestre) wrote :

Update :

It works by changing the bootoptions to :

rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

(no way a beginner can do that on its own..)

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

outdated report & no more maintained distro; please send a new one if that issue still exist (using ubuntu-bug)

Changed in grub (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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