bugGNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #28816, error booting windows xp

 
 

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bug #28816: error booting windows xp

Submitted by:  Martin <martul>
Submitted on:  Fri 05 Feb 2010 04:18:50 AM UTC  
 
Category: BootingSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: None
Status: InvalidPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOriginator Name: 
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 
Release: 1.97Reproducibility: Every Time
Planned Release: None

Tue 09 Feb 2010 12:57:26 PM UTC, comment #2:

It's a known problem and it's a debian one. Closing the bug

Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder>
Project Administrator
Fri 05 Feb 2010 11:18:29 AM UTC, comment #1:

Do you use Debian or Ubuntu?
Then run sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc and check that the device listed in the debconf prompt for it is the one where your BIOS boots from.
Else run grub-install on the right device.

Such errors can only happen if grub-install gets run on a device where your BIOS does not boot from.
It will still update /boot/grub but not the GRUB code which is in MBR and usually also in the embeding area between MBR and the first partition.

Felix Zielcke <fzielcke>
Project Member
Fri 05 Feb 2010 04:18:50 AM UTC, original submission:

when i select the windows xp entry, i get this error:

error: the symbol "grub_getcharwidth" not found

sorry but i don't have more info than this message

thanks

Martin <martul>

 

Attached Files
file #19627:  device.map added by martul (45B - application/octet-stream)
file #19628:  grub.cfg added by martul (4KiB - application/octet-stream)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Tue 09 Feb 2010 12:57:26 PM UTCphcoderStatusNone=>Invalid
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Fri 05 Feb 2010 04:21:03 AM UTCmartulAttached File-=>Added device.map, #19627
      Attached File-=>Added grub.cfg, #19628

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