Windows Vista Not lsited in boot menu after Ubuntu Instalation

[krinish]

I had Windows XP on c: and Vista on d:

I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on C drive.

When the Installation completed there was no listing of Windows Vista in the boot menu.

When i logged into Ubuntu I found the Vista files to be intact on the d:

Here is the fdisk

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x403b403a

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4468 35889178+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 4469 30401 208306822+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 4469 9440 39937558+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 9441 19054 77224423+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 19055 30400 91136713+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda8 30401 30401 8001 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x14241423

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 7011 56315826 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 7012 30400 187872142+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 7012 15935 71681998+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6 15936 23112 57649221 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb7 23113 30400 58540828+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

I have edited

gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

to this

itle Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,0) (Changed to hd0,1 and hd0,2 and hd0,3 and tried)
makeactive
savedefault
chainloader +1

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid c8d8d073-0fe6-4aa0-8ca3-9f14d0f76faa
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=c8d8d073-0fe6-4aa0-8ca3-9f14d0f76faa ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid c8d8d073-0fe6-4aa0-8ca3-9f14d0f76faa
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=c8d8d073-0fe6-4aa0-8ca3-9f14d0f76faa ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid c8d8d073-0fe6-4aa0-8ca3-9f14d0f76faa
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin


Please help

 

[blondie]

Do like this

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

 

[Flake]

title Windows Vista
map (hd0,0) (hd0,1)
map (hd0,1) (hd0,0)
rootnoverify (hd0,1)

You have posted wring mapping code.

Correct code is :

title Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (h0)
chainloader +1

There is no need to use savedefault and makeactive.

I dont think Vista will work in either case now. You have removed Windows confs file necessary for its boot up.