[bug #15048] after boot into Windows XP, grub menu is not displayed and computer reboot

[Francois Genolini]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #15048 (project grub):

GRUB and LILO work differently, and maybe once WindowsXP is run, the GRUB
stage1 bootloader reamins but the stage2 (the chain-loader) is being
overwritten by Windows XP.  The bootloader can be installed in the disc (hda
in your case), or on the parition (for example hda4).  Maybe your falvour of
Linux has made the wrong decisions on how to install GRUB.

SuSE Linux for example configures GRUB properly for dual boot with Windows
XP, but your flavour of Linux (Ubuntu) might not.

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+Win9x+Grub-HOWTO/index.html


SATA drives are listed in the BIOS and when you open the computer you will
see that the connector is extra thin (not a ribbon).  These discs may appear
as sd (to GRUB) instead of hd (to Linux), and this may confuse GRUB.

You seem to have only 1 41GB disc with 6 partitions, including what looks
like Windows95: which boot loader did you use befor installing Linux: the
Windows XP boot loader or the Windows95 (if any) boot loader?

The Ubuntu bugzilla is separate, and maybe you should report this bug to the
Ubunto bugzilla alone.


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