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    booting into windows xp messes up grub.

    Tried dual boot between win-xp and 9.10 kubuntu. When I boot into linux
    works all the time. When I boot to windows and then reboot, gets stuck
    at grub. Any ideas why this would happen ?

    -Sanjeev.
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    Re: booting into windows xp messes up grub.

    To get more info about where grub fails you might want to read the Grub HowTo:
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto

    Especially the section about boot options and how to get a more verbose output.

    Then act (google!) on the gained knowledge or come back here with the information.
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      Re: booting into windows xp messes up grub.

      Doesn't make sense. Unless ... Do you have TWO hard drives (XP on one, Kubuntu on the other)? -> If so, that is a known issue: "GRUB Loading." may appear after POST upon reboot, and it takes up to 4 minutes to succeed booting (70 seconds for me; others report more or less). -> If so, wait for it to succeed.
      An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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        Re: booting into windows xp messes up grub.

        very accurate that's what i see "GRUB Loading."
        except that i just have one hdd. to just use it, i went
        to old grub instead of grub-pc (grub2).
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          Re: booting into windows xp messes up grub.

          Not a bad idea to use GRUB Legacy for now. Maybe you should file a bug report on this issue (to see if others have encountered it)?
          An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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            Re: booting into windows xp messes up grub.

            Same problem (xp, kubuntu 9.10, one hard drive, "grub loading...", etc). I reverted from grub-pc to grub with the help of the following post.
            http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
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              Re: booting into windows xp messes up grub.

              I think I've found the solution.
              The crucial point is that you have to make stage1 go directly to stage2 (skipping stage1.5).
              The steps I take:
              Code:
              sudo rm /boot/grub/*stage1_5
sudo grub
root (hd0, 7)  # replace "0" and "7" with values specific to your own environment
setup (hd0)
              References:
              http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?15048
              https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...rub/+bug/26058
              http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
              http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=476940
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