I installed windows on a different partition than Ubuntu 10.04. First ubuntu and then windows xp. At boot when i select Windows XP i get Error 12 Invalid Device. here is my boot info: Code: Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010 ============================= Boot Info Summary: ============================== => Grub 0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in partition #1 for /boot/grub/stage2 and /boot/grub/menu.lst. sda1: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /grub.cfg /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img sda2: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: Extended Partition Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda5: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: swap Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda6: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows XP Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda6 starts at sector 63. Operating System: Boot files/dirs: sda3: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows XP Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda3 starts at sector 63. But according to the info from fdisk, sda3 starts at sector 43006068. Operating System: Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM =========================== Drive/Partition Info: ============================= Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Partition Boot Start End Size Id System /dev/sda1 * 63 39,099,672 39,099,610 83 Linux /dev/sda2 39,100,414 312,576,704 273,476,291 f W95 Ext d (LBA) Extended partition linking to another extended partition /dev/sda5 39,100,416 43,005,951 3,905,536 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 177,405,858 312,576,704 135,170,847 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 43,006,068 177,405,794 134,399,727 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 overlaps with /dev/sda3 blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/sda1 f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ext4 /dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos" /dev/sda3 8C3055F43055E5AC ntfs New Volume /dev/sda5 a3fb1c6d-cadd-4e47-bfc0-35287e462ad5 swap /dev/sda6 FA8861158860D225 ntfs New Volume /dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos" ============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: =========================== Device Mount_Point Type Options /dev/sda1 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro) /dev/sda3 /media/New_Volume fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) /dev/sda6 /media/New_Volume_ fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096) =========================== sda1/boot/grub/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-legacy-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 use 'savedefault' 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 30 ## 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=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ## 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 ## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically ## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa ## e.g. indomU=detect ## indomU=true ## indomU=false # indomU=detect ## 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 ## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options ## can be true or false # savedefault=false ## ## End Default Options ## title Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-27-generic uuid f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic quiet title Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-27-generic (recovery mode) uuid f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic title Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-21-generic uuid f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic quiet title Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode) uuid f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic title Chainload into GRUB 2 root f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f kernel /boot/grub/core.img title Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS, memtest86+ uuid f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin quiet ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,5) makeactive chainloader +1 ================================ sda1/grub.cfg: ================================ # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="0" if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry} save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then saved_entry=${chosen} save_env saved_entry fi } function recordfail { set recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi } insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale set lang=en insmod gettext if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=10 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-27-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-27-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-27-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then if keystatus; then if keystatus --shift; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=0 fi else if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then set timeout=0 fi fi fi ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### =========================== sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: =========================== # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="0" if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry} save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then saved_entry=${chosen} save_env saved_entry fi } function recordfail { set recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi } insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale set lang=en insmod gettext if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=10 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-27-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-27-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-27-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic } menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { recordfail insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f ro single echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,1)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set f8748588-d670-46bb-a7bd-a9fb5c6ec61f linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then if keystatus; then if keystatus --shift; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=0 fi else if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then set timeout=0 fi fi fi ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### =============================== sda1/etc/fstab: =============================== # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 /dev/sda1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/sda3 /media/New_Volume ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_IN 0 0 /dev/sda6 /media/New_Volume_ ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_IN 0 0 /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 #/dev/sdb1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 #/dev/sdc1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 #/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto =================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: =================== 17.3GB: boot/grub/core.img 4.7GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg 10.2GB: boot/grub/menu.lst 17.4GB: boot/grub/stage2 18.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic 18.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic 18.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic 18.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic .1GB: grub.cfg 18.5GB: initrd.img 18.3GB: initrd.img.old 18.3GB: vmlinuz 18.1GB: vmlinuz.old ================================ sda3/boot.ini: ================================ [boot loader] timeout=1 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS.0="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
