Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 5781 46435851 83 Linux /dev/hda2 5782 7120 10755517+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda3 7121 7296 1413720 5 Extended /dev/hda5 7121 7296 1413688+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris installed grub with sudo grub find /boot/grub/stage1 returns hd0,0 did root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) Menu.lst ..................................... # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/hda1 title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition root (hd0,1) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1 title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-386 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-386 savedefault title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-386 (recovery mode) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-386 root=UUID=45d5b48b-c3ef-4efd-ba5c-4fe87541ba37 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-386 ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST