grub boot menu

[Derek Broughton]

Anthony DiMarzo wrote:

> 
> Hello:
>          Something strange. I was in ubuntu 8.0.5 and restarted to go into
>          windows xp, but there was no option for windows, all other
>          options we're there. This was the first time the windows option
>          was not there. Please help.
                                                    
My bet would be that the windows boot stanza was placed between the:

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

lines, which would guarantee that it would get deleted after an update-grub
(which happens whenever you get a new kernel).

To fix your current menu.lst, add:

 title         Windows 95/98/NT/2000
 root          (hd0,0)
 makeactive
 chainloader   +1

AFTER the "### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST" line.  If Windows isn't on
your first partition, remember to make the "root" option, above, point to
the correct partition.
-- 
derek