windows overwrote boot record

[Nils Kassube]

Juan Kawada wrote:
> /media/boot/grub/menu.lst

That is the file where your problem is.

> ## default grub root device
> ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
> # groot=(hd0,5)

Make that line:
# groot=(hd0,4)

> title		Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
> root		(hd0,5)

Make that line:
root		(hd0,4)

> kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
> root=UUID=c9b44b26-5f41-48f0-bee9-778991065600 ro quiet splash
> initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
> quiet
>
> title		Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic (recovery mode)
> root		(hd0,5)

Make that line:
root		(hd0,4)

> kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
> root=UUID=c9b44b26-5f41-48f0-bee9-778991065600 ro single
> initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
>
> title		Ubuntu 8.04.1, memtest86+
> root		(hd0,5)

Make that line:
root		(hd0,4)

The rest should be OK.

Just in case you don't know how to modify the file: With the Live-CD mount 
your partition, e.g. in a terminal like this:

sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt

Then modify the problem file. If your Live-CD uses KDE, the command would 
be

kdesu kate /mnt/boot/grub/menu.lst

or if you have Gnome, it is

gksu gedit /mnt/boot/grub/menu.lst


Nils