Since loadind 10.04LTS upgrade I cannot acceses my windows O/S with the new Grub upgrade.?

Can you do
    sudo fdisk -l
    sudo parted -l
    grub --version # will fail to run if grub version > 1.00

In grub menu, do you have Windows entry ?

Hi,
Yes there is WIn XP entry.
I have also tried Cmd sudo upgrade-grub
But still have the same problem.
Regards
Eric Tennant

Can you do
    sudo fdisk -l
    sudo parted -l
    grub --version # will fail to run if grub version > 1.00

This is what I get at the end of the terminal window.?

"Warning: Unable to open /dev/fd0 read-write (Read-only file system).
/dev/fd0
has been opened read-only."
Regards
Eric Tennant

Hi,
there is something I should tell you, on installing the upgrade, it asks
you if you want to keep your existing grub, or upgrade.
So I selected upgrade, it then gives you a whole lot of options to put a
tick in, I was not sure what to do so I selected both my Hard Drives,
the one with Win XP & the One with the Exiting 10.o4 on it.
I don't know if that was the right decision.
Regards
Eric Tennant

Select Applications -->Accessories -->Terminal and run sudo update-grub and then try to reboot

Thanks,
I have already tried that.
I have also reinstalled 10.04LTS from a DVD download & did a check
integrity etc.
But still have the same problem.???
Regards
Eric Tennant

Is your windows partition mounted under Linux ?
If not, mount it and retry
     sudo update-grub

I mounted the drive & did the upgrade, but still no joy.??
Regards
Eric tennant

Try:

sudo apt-get install ms-sys
sudo ms-sys -m /dev/sda # if you windows disk is first one, else replace by /dev/sdb

This should restore Windows, but I don't know effect on GRUB2.
If Windows works and GRUB2 disappear, they should be a solution with Ubuntu Live CD to repair grub: "sudo update-grub".

On 06/05/10 18:12, delance wrote:
> apt-get install ms-sys
>
All I get is:-

eric@eric-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install ms-sys
[sudo] password for eric:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ms-sys
eric@eric-desktop:~$

Regards
Eric

Package was removed from Ubuntu distribution.

You can get it at:
     http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/ms-sys/ms-sys_2.1.0-1_i386.deb
and then double-click on file.

Else you can boot on a Windows XP CD, and type:
    fdisk /mbr

If question is closed, could you mark it as "solved" ?

Hi, I have since had to reinstall Win XP on my second disk, I now find
that if I make the First Boot Disk in the Bios as the Linux Drive, I get
the grub installer & everything works OK on loading the Win or Linux.
But if I change the Boot drive in the Bios to the Win XP drive I go
straight into Windows, I don't know if this is correct, but at the
moment it suits me,
but I don't know if it will cause any other problems.
Regards
Eric Tennant

Thank you, it has solved this problem.
Regards
Eric Tennant