Thread: Ubuntu 9.10/Windows dual boot problem

i tried set dual boot system on 2 separate hard drives. installed windows xp first (because doing in past experience has made easier) on pata 20 gb hard drive configured slave on first ide channel. installed ubuntu 9.10 on pata 80 gb hard drive configured master on first ide channel along ntfs partition on drive:

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sudo fdisk -l  disk /dev/sda: 80.0 gb, 80026361856 bytes  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders  units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes  disk identifier: 0x494ccaeb       device boot      start         end      blocks   id  system  /dev/sda1   *           1        3404    27342598+  83  linux  /dev/sda2            3405        3653     2000092+   5  extended  /dev/sda3            3654        9729    48805470    7  hpfs/ntfs  /dev/sda5            3405        3653     2000061   82  linux swap / solaris    disk /dev/sdb: 20.0 gb, 20020396032 bytes  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders  units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes  disk identifier: 0x14dffdcf       device boot      start         end      blocks   id  system  /dev/sdb1   *           1        2433    19543041    7  hpfs/ntfs

grub seems set entry in menu on boot-up windows xp, message appears when try start windows , i'm unable start it:

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windows nt has found 510k of low memory. 512k of low memory required run windows nt. may need upgrade computer or run configuration program provided manufacturer.

i tried running update-grub2 again problem persists. if switch bios boot slave drive instead, windows boot without issues without grub coming up, expected. have switch bios again grub menu , start ubuntu. there problem way grub configured? /boot/grub/grub.cfg looks (did not modify, automatically generated):

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cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg  #  # not edit file  #  # automatically generated /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates  # /etc/grub.d , settings /etc/default/grub  #    ### begin /etc/grub.d/00_header ###  if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ];    have_grubenv=true    load_env  fi  set default="0"  if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ];    saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}    save_env saved_entry    prev_saved_entry=    save_env prev_saved_entry  fi  insmod ext2  set root=(hd0,1)  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7d414b48-3c0f-4670-8921-783e02778e1c  if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ;    set gfxmode=640x480    insmod gfxterm    insmod vbe    if terminal_output gfxterm ; true ; else      # backward compatibility versions of terminal.mod don't      # understand terminal_output      terminal gfxterm    fi  fi  if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ];    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/white  ### end /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###  menuentry "ubuntu, linux 2.6.31-17-generic" {          recordfail=1          if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; save_env recordfail; fi  	set quiet=1  	insmod ext2  	set root=(hd0,1)  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7d414b48-3c0f-4670-8921-783e02778e1c  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=uuid=7d414b48-3c0f-4670-8921-783e02778e1c ro   quiet splash  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic  }  menuentry "ubuntu, linux 2.6.31-17-generic (recovery mode)" {          recordfail=1          if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; save_env recordfail; fi  	insmod ext2  	set root=(hd0,1)  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7d414b48-3c0f-4670-8921-783e02778e1c  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=uuid=7d414b48-3c0f-4670-8921-783e02778e1c ro single   	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic  }  menuentry "ubuntu, linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {          recordfail=1          if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; save_env recordfail; fi  	set quiet=1  	insmod ext2  	set root=(hd0,1)  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7d414b48-3c0f-4670-8921-783e02778e1c  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=uuid=7d414b48-3c0f-4670-8921-783e02778e1c ro   quiet splash  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic  }  menuentry "ubuntu, linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {          recordfail=1          if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; save_env recordfail; fi  	insmod ext2  	set root=(hd0,1)  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7d414b48-3c0f-4670-8921-783e02778e1c  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=uuid=7d414b48-3c0f-4670-8921-783e02778e1c ro single   	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic  }  ### end /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###  menuentry "memory test (memtest86+)" {  	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin  }  menuentry "memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {  	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttys0,115200n8  }  ### end /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###  menuentry "microsoft windows xp professional (on /dev/sdb1)" {  	insmod ntfs  	set root=(hd1,1)  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set be882d55882d0e09  	drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}  	chainloader +1  }  ### end /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###  # file provides easy way add custom menu entries.  type  # menu entries want add after comment.  careful not change  # 'exec tail' line above.  ### end /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

help!

i think windows wants sda1.

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