I Installed UBUNTU Linux in my system as Dual boot with Win XP. I'm
able to see GRUB OS Menu with OS options and Ubuntu boots as expected.
When I choose Windows XP to boot. It shows me a message called <Windows
root>/system32/hul.dll is missing. Later I found that Windows was
installed in Logical partition (E: Drive and (hd0,5)).

Grub's command statement for XP is like this:
root (hd0,0) <-- Which sets C: as windows root I guess and thats why
it could not able to find that file.
savedefaults
makeactive
chainloader +1

if I try to change the above code (as shown below) and boot it...
root (hd0,5) <-- thougt It will set E: as windows root.
savedefaults
makeactive
chainloader +1
but "makeactive" does not work. It will work only with primary
partition.

can anyone help me? Hope I'll start newyear with a good solution for
this .

help me out...

--Santhosh

San wrote:
>
> I Installed UBUNTU Linux in my system as Dual boot with Win XP.
> I'm able to see GRUB OS Menu with OS options and Ubuntu boots as
> expected. When I choose Windows XP to boot. It shows me a message
> called <Windows root>/system32/hul.dll is missing. Later I found
> that Windows was installed in Logical partition (E: Drive and
> (hd0,5)).

I believe you can't install Windoze in an extended partition.

--
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy New Year
Joyeux Noel, Bonne Annee.
Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net)
<http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:21:46 -0500, CBFalconer wrote:

> San wrote:
>>
>> I Installed UBUNTU Linux in my system as Dual boot with Win XP.
>> I'm able to see GRUB OS Menu with OS options and Ubuntu boots as
>> expected. When I choose Windows XP to boot. It shows me a message
>> called <Windows root>/system32/hul.dll is missing. Later I found
>> that Windows was installed in Logical partition (E: Drive and
>> (hd0,5)).
>
> I believe you can't install Windoze in an extended partition.
>

Any of the NT based Windows will install the files on a logical partition,
but the ntldr, and boot.ini must be on an active primary partition.
Boot.ini will redirect the loader to the logical partition with the system
files.

OP needs to find out which primary partition has the ntldr and boot.ini
and use that as the Windows root partition in the grub menu.lst. It used
to be (hd0,0) but many OEM computer builders have taken to using (hd0,0)
for a restore partition, and installing Windows on (hd0,1). The fact that
the system files are on (hd0,5) also suggests that WinXP may have
originally been installed as part of an all Windows dual boot. If the OP
has removed a Win9x that was originally on the Windows C: drive, ntldr and
boot.ini were in that partition, and are now gone. More information is
needed to make an accurate diagnosis for a cure.

--
imotgm
"Lost? Lost? I've never been lost... Been a tad confused for a
month or two, but never lost."