Installed Ubuntu... now not given option to boot into Vista

[MrPatton84]

Hi,

I've installed Ubuntu onto my Samsung R60 Plus laptop, using the instructions here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5527348#post5527348). Unfortunately, during the installation it failed to install the GRUB bootloader, and gave me the option to use LILO instead, which I did.

Now I have a lovely working Ubuntu installed on my computer, but LILO boots it up automatically, without giving me the chance to boot into Vista, which I would still like to do.

Any suggestions?

Thanks very much in advance,
Chris

[OutOfReach]

Type the following into the terminal:
sudo fdisk -l
and post the output here.

[MrPatton84]

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcdec863a

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1306 10485760 27 Unknown
/dev/sda2 * 1306 15912 117319680 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 15912 30402 116390912 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 262 MB, 262144000 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1000 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0d0c0b0a

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 1000 255984 6 FAT16
chrisjackson84@SamsungUbuntuCJ:~$





That's what I get.

[OutOfReach]

Hmm you have 2 NTFS partitions, I'm not sure which one is the Windows installation, but It looks like Windows is sitting on /dev/sda2. Hmm, do you know which partition is the Windows partition?

[halitech]

I could say something smart here like "and the problem with this is????" but that would be counter productive ;) (sorry, been wanting to say it for 2 years now :D )

I would think since the bootable partition is showing as /dev/sda2 * 1306 15912 117319680 7 HPFS/NTFS that it is where your windows install is living. did you use WUBI to do the install?

[MrPatton84]

You're right Halitech, that is where the Windows Vista installation is. /dev/sda3 is where Ubuntu is installed.

What's WUBI? I don't think I used this for the install, on account of I don't recognise the name ;)

And yes, Halitech, my girlfriend said pretty much exactly the same thing! :D