[SOLVED] Ubuntu disappeared from boot menu

[qiepenguin]

I can't find Ubuntu!

My MacBook had three primary partitions, loaded respectively with OSX, Feisty, and Gutsy. Today, I tried to install Hardy, replacing the Gutsy partition. The installation seemed to go fine, and then restarted my system -- but when my system starts up (and I hold down the alt key), the apple boot menu has only one option: Macintosh. It gives me nothing else to select to get to the GRUB menu and choose Feisty or Hardy, no option but to boot in OSX. What can I do to fix this? Please help!

Thanks,
David

[qiepenguin]

Resolved, via:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=767677
and
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3303463&postcount=11

[cyberdork33]

The Hardy Heron installation bug strikes again!

Can you verify that this was with 8.04.1?

[qiepenguin]

It's 8.04 as downloaded yesterday morning, but I don't know how to check whether it's 8.04.1. Is the .1 a build number?

[cyberdork33]

It's 8.04 as downloaded yesterday morning, but I don't know how to check whether it's 8.04.1. Is the .1 a build number?
If you downloaded within the last few days from the Ubuntu website, then it is 8.04.1. Thanks.

The LTS versions have point releases to keep it somewhat up-to-date while development continues on the next major release of Ubuntu.