** Description changed: After installing Ubuntu 8.10 beta and making it dualboot with WindowsXP, Windows won't start anymore. Error message indicates that ntoskrnl.exe is missing. Needed to fixboot and foxmbr to get Windows XP working again. Also GRUB doesn't recognize Windows properly. It says "Windows Vista/Longhorn" even that I have XP + + Edit: The problem has been narrowed to this: + + In BIOS, there is a setting saying "USB keyboard support: xxxx" and it + can be either BIOS or OS. If I choose BIOS, Windows XP won't start, but + GRUB and Ubuntu (8.10 final at the moment) works fine. But if I choose + OS, Windows XP will start, BUT the keyboard doesn't work in GRUB. + + Keyboard is connected via USB, and it is mandatory since the keyboard's + drivers won't support PS/2. + + The motherboard is Abit AB9 Pro
** Tags added: ab9 bios grub xp ** Description changed: After installing Ubuntu 8.10 beta and making it dualboot with WindowsXP, Windows won't start anymore. Error message indicates that ntoskrnl.exe is missing. Needed to fixboot and foxmbr to get Windows XP working again. Also GRUB doesn't recognize Windows properly. It says "Windows Vista/Longhorn" even that I have XP Edit: The problem has been narrowed to this: In BIOS, there is a setting saying "USB keyboard support: xxxx" and it can be either BIOS or OS. If I choose BIOS, Windows XP won't start, but GRUB and Ubuntu (8.10 final at the moment) works fine. But if I choose - OS, Windows XP will start, BUT the keyboard doesn't work in GRUB. + OS, Windows XP will start, BUT the keyboard doesn't work in GRUB. This + problem started after installing GRUB. Before that Windows could start + even if keyboard support was choosed as "BIOS". Keyboard is connected via USB, and it is mandatory since the keyboard's drivers won't support PS/2. The motherboard is Abit AB9 Pro -- 8.10 destroys XP boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/278567 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
