Binary package hint: grub2
After installing Ubuntu 9.10 beta, windows fails to boot. On selecting windows on the grub boot menu, I get an error similar to:
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
...\system32\ntoskrnl.exe"
I can boot windows fine using the "Super Grub Disk" boot CD from http://www.supergrubdisk.org/, so it seems like it's not a problem with windows. This is the automatically generated entry in grub.cfg:
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 6e2cf50d2cf4d0d7
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
Partition info from parted:
Model: ATA ST3200820AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 200GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 105GB 105GB primary ntfs boot
2 105GB 157GB 52.4GB primary ext4
3 157GB 159GB 2097MB primary linux-swap(v1)
4 159GB 200GB 40.7GB primary ext3
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 18 20:41:27 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: grub2 (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: grub2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-settings-daemon:1756): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:1756): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1871): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
(nautilus:1852): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
(gnome-panel:1851): Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -5 and height 24
I have the same issue. My grub entry looks identical (except the uuid is different, and I have verified it to be the correct uuid)