[derschneemann]

Well, I have a dual-boot setup on my system with Windows XP all by itself on the first hard drive, and Kubuntu on the second. I keep having problems whenever I want to boot into Windows from Grub. Most of the time when I scroll down to the Windows entry and hit enter, my system will just reboot. I usually get it to boot after 2-3 tries, but have had it go up to 9 tries before. Does anyone here know how to fix this?

Thanks in advance,

derschneemann

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it sounds like your GRUB might be compiled incorrectly. can you boot to Linux ok?? ifyou can then i would suggest going to root and then going to

/boot/grub/menu.lst

copy and paste that here to see if your menu.lst is screwed up.

Worse case scenario is your Master Boot Record (MBR) on windows has been corrupted.

I do know that Kubuntu is still in its early stages and can be quite buggy

Another option is to try LILO and see if that fixes the issue.

[Dragon]

it sounds like your GRUB might be compiled incorrectly. can you boot to Linux ok?? ifyou can then i would suggest going to root and then going to

/boot/grub/menu.lst

copy and paste that here to see if your menu.lst is screwed up.

Worse case scenario is your Master Boot Record (MBR) on windows has been corrupted.

I do know that Kubuntu is still in its early stages and can be quite buggy

Another option is to try LILO and see if that fixes the issue.

[derschneemann]

Here's the menu.lst

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default optons below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specifiv kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/sdb2 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd1,1)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## nonaltoption boot targets option
## This option controls options to pass to only the
## primary kernel menu item.
## You can have ONLY one nonaltoptions line
# nonaltoptions=quiet splash

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-686-smp
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-686-smp root=/dev/sdb2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-686-smp
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-686-smp (recovery mode)
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-686-smp root=/dev/sdb2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-686-smp
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-686
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-686 root=/dev/sdb2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-686
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-686 (recovery mode)
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-686 root=/dev/sdb2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-686
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-386
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 root=/dev/sdb2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-386
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.10-5-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-386 root=/dev/sdb2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-5-386
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel memtest86+
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
savedefault
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

[Dragon]

your Grub is set correctly. which brings us back to your MBR. boot into windows, I understand that it may take a few times for you to get into it.
After you are in Windows put your Windows XP disk in the drive then click on Start>run and type in cmd

in the window that opens up type the following

sfc /scannow

note the space before the /
let it run and then reboot your system

let us know if this solved your issue or not

[derschneemann]

Just got done with that, and it's still taking multiple tries to boot into windows...

[Dragon]

I need to do a little research, please be patient while I look up further info.