[Bug 414178] Re: Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma

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[Expired for grub-installer (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity
for 60 days.]

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  Failure to boot Windows 7 after installing Karma

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  I have spent a day remedying this situation and I still do not fully
  understand what has gone on.

  I have three hard discs:

  sda - single partition -  Windows Vista was installed on this and more
  recently windows 7 release candidate. I use this infrequently to run
  Xara Xtreme - the windows version is better than the linux version.

  sdb -two partitions - Ubuntu Jaunty in an ext4 partition and a swap
  partition

  sdc - single fat 32 parttion for Data backup. This is a new disk and
  1TB is a fat32 partition and the rest (approx 500GB) was unused.

  After installing Karmic alpha 4 on the unused part of Disk 3 (c) the
  system refused to boot windows. After a lot of trial and error I
  reinstalled Windows and Jaunty and removed Karmic and repaired the MBR
  but for some reason Windows would not boot. Booting went to the Grub
  Legacy menu and windows would not boot. Ubuntu booted without a
  problem.

  I have discovered from Gparted that Windows 7 installs a second
  partition (100MB) and boots from this. This partition was on the sdc
  disc - disk three - Not the windows installation partition sda (drive
  c)

  menu.lst had windows booting from hd(0,0) and this needed changing to
  hd(1,1) to work although I had calculated it should be hd(2,1)

  It is all working fine now. I wonder if Grub 2 can cope with windows 7
  booting from a second partition?

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