Grub issues with 64bit?

securitybreach · 2008-08-07 20:26:39

First of all I am about to get 4gb of ram so I figured I would run 64 bit OSs so I can use all of my ram. So I installed Vista 64bit then I installed Archlinux 64. Arch boots fine but I get an error when booting Vista.

Booting 'Windows Vista'

root (hd0,0)
  Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
makeactive 
chainloader +1

GRUB Loadng stage1.5

GRUB loading, please wait....
Error 25

Here is my fstab:

bash-3.2# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8f800000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        6374    51199123+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            6375        8806    19535040   83  Linux
/dev/sda3            8807       60476   415039275   83  Linux
/dev/sda4           60477       60801     2610562+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

Also here is my grub menu.lst:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/d20bb319-e305-4349-a564-3f0c90985bf8 ro vga=795
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/d20bb319-e305-4349-a564-3f0c90985bf8 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img

title Windows Vista
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Before I reinstalled I had a working Archlinux/XP grub menu.lst. I used the default grub like I always do in Archlinux. I wouldnt think it being 64 bit would give me a issue but I dunno.

Any ideals?

Last edited by securitybreach (2008-08-07 20:27:24)

ghostHack · 2008-08-07 21:09:07

try

title Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

securitybreach · 2008-08-07 21:15:38

I still get an error:

Booting 'Windows Vista'

root (hd0,0)
  Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7 
chainloader +1

GRUB Loadng stage1.5

GRUB loading, please wait....
Error 25

Thanks though. I am going to try to restore the windows boot manager to see if it is a problem with the install. Then restore grub afterwards

Thanks

ghostHack · 2008-08-07 21:23:57

It needs to be 'rootnoverify' not just 'root'

securitybreach · 2008-08-07 23:06:09

ghostHack wrote:

It needs to be 'rootnoverify' not just 'root'

I tried that as well with no luck. Im not for sure what happened. I reinstalled Vista to see if that was the problem and then I had problems fixing grub. So I reinstalled both and now everything works. I did not lose anything since I always put my /home on a seperate partition. My grub entry looks the same so I dunno.

Thanks for the help though

ghostHack · 2008-08-07 23:11:12

Hmm, thats a bit weird, but then bootloader stuff can be a bit of a black art at times. Glad to hear you got it sorted though.

angryfirelord · 2008-08-07 23:30:26

securitybreach wrote:

ghostHack wrote:
It needs to be 'rootnoverify' not just 'root'
I tried that as well with no luck. Im not for sure what happened. I reinstalled Vista to see if that was the problem and then I had problems fixing grub. So I reinstalled both and now everything works. I did not lose anything since I always put my /home on a seperate partition. My grub entry looks the same so I dunno.
Thanks for the help though

It could be possible that winload.exe got messed up. In that case, rather than taking the time to re-install Vista, I would go into Vista's Repair tools, open a command prompt & type Bootrec.exe /fixboot. (if you use /fixmbr, it'll wipe out GRUB).

securitybreach · 2008-08-08 01:29:51

angryfirelord wrote:

securitybreach wrote:
ghostHack wrote:
It needs to be 'rootnoverify' not just 'root'
I tried that as well with no luck. Im not for sure what happened. I reinstalled Vista to see if that was the problem and then I had problems fixing grub. So I reinstalled both and now everything works. I did not lose anything since I always put my /home on a seperate partition. My grub entry looks the same so I dunno.
Thanks for the help though
It could be possible that winload.exe got messed up. In that case, rather than taking the time to re-install Vista, I would go into Vista's Repair tools, open a command prompt & type Bootrec.exe /fixboot. (if you use /fixmbr, it'll wipe out GRUB).

My vista ultimate dvd does not have any options but just boots to the installation. I didnt buy it so I cannot complain.

Thanks

Arch Linux

#1 2008-08-07 20:26:39

Grub issues with 64bit?

#2 2008-08-07 21:09:07

Re: Grub issues with 64bit?

#3 2008-08-07 21:15:38

Re: Grub issues with 64bit?

#4 2008-08-07 21:23:57

Re: Grub issues with 64bit?

#5 2008-08-07 23:06:09

Re: Grub issues with 64bit?

#6 2008-08-07 23:11:12

Re: Grub issues with 64bit?

#7 2008-08-07 23:30:26

Re: Grub issues with 64bit?

#8 2008-08-08 01:29:51

Re: Grub issues with 64bit?

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