Cannot boot Vista

Asked by oiio

I have installed Ubuntu 7.04 on my compute with Windows Vista.
Now i cannot boot Vista. There are Ubuntu start options in boot list only.
How should I edit menu.lst?
Thanks and Best Regards!

There are my sudo fdisk -l results and menu.lst:

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1013 8136891 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 6378 30400 192964747+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda3 * 1014 6377 43086330 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda5 6378 19128 102422376 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 19129 30400 90542308+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

# 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'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 3

## 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 options 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 specific 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_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=c7b57e63-20b8-452a-b1c1-e6218149945b ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

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

## 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

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

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

## 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

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=c7b57e63-20b8-452a-b1c1-e6218149945b ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=c7b57e63-20b8-452a-b1c1-e6218149945b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=c7b57e63-20b8-452a-b1c1-e6218149945b ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=c7b57e63-20b8-452a-b1c1-e6218149945b ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic

title Ubuntu, memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

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Sebastien Noel (sebzzz) said :
#1

Hi,

Try appending this to your menu.lst:

title Windows Vista
root (hd0,2)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

# The (hd0,2) fetches vista in the 3rd partition (assuming vista is on sda3). The number 2 means the partition number, and it starts at 0, so partition 1 (your linux) is at (hd0,0) and partition 3 #is at (hd0,2)

Hope this helps!

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oiio (oiio) said :
#2

I'v appended this, and now, then trying boot Vista "BOOTMGR missing" is appeared

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Sebastien Noel (sebzzz) said :
#3

Since I'm not sure on which partition your Vista is on, try adding this to your menu.lst:

title Windows Vista test1
root (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

title Windows Vista test2
root (hd0,2)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

title Windows Vista test3
root (hd0,3)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

title Windows Vista test4
root (hd0,4)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

And test them one by one. When you hit an error on one hit Ctrl + Alt + Del and then try an other one

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oiio (oiio) said :
#4

I'v tried this.
(hd0,1) returned "Invalid device requested"
(hd0,2) - ""BOOTMGR is missing"
(hd0,3) - "No such partition"
and (hd0,4) - "Invalid device requested"

Thanks for you help, if you have some other ideas, I'll be happy to know.

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Sebastien Noel (sebzzz) said :
#5

Can you put the content of your /boot/grub/device.map

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Best Sebastien Noel (sebzzz) said :
#6

Never mind the device.map info.

Try this:

title Windows Vista test2
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

Adding the rootnoverify thing should do the trick.

If not, the only other thing I see is putting the Vista DVD which has a repair program on it which can repair the boot manager easily (but this only if you have this DVD or course). And this could also mess up with Grub (in which case you'd have to re-install Grub). If you do this and have to re-install Grub, tell me and I can help.

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oiio (oiio) said :
#7

Thanks Sebastien Noel, that solved my question.

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oiio (oiio) said :
#8

Thanks!
 The rootnoverify is not worked, but Vista repair program fixed the problem, and Grub is ok too.