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I will file a new release soon, which will remove the wrong information. But unfortunately, the boot info script will no be able to replace the wrong information by the correct one.


If the...

None.

Grub2 installed in a boot sector is bit more unreliable since it has to located core.img by the physical address. So one has to reinstall Grub anytime core.img gets moved. Also Grub 2...

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Yes, it is. But even if you don't have a Win 7 CD you can download one.

Detailed instructions:

boot from your Windows 7 CD/DVD. (If you do not have one, you can download a Windows...

Are you able to boot from both hard drives?

Sounds like Lucid's Grub as made same changes I have not been aware of.
I'll to some testing and see whether I can figure out what is going on.

The OP installed the Backtrack Grub to the boot sector of the Ubuntu boot partition. That won't cause any problem. So I posted in that thread and gave instructions how to install Ubuntu's Grub to...

Let's also have a look at your bcd. Go to the command prompt on the the Windows 7 CD, just as before. Then


bcdedit /store C:\boot\bcd > C:\bcd.txt

(Replace "C:" by the drive letter of your...

No. According to "RESULTS.txt" , "winload.exe" is in /Windows/System32



tcan't find the boot.ini files in C:/system32/boot.ini or something like that...
Windows 7 does not use boot.ini. So...

I fixed some typos in my previous post.

ok some progress. The error message in RESULTS.txt for the sdb5 boot sector disappeared. Did you run "testdisk" more than once?

You put the boot files onto /dev/sdb1, but they need to be on...

I forgot to ask:


Were you able to boot into Window 7 before you installed Ubuntu?

I'm really surprised that testdisk did not fix this problem:





Did you run "sudo update-grub" yet and rebooted after that?
If not, do it now.
If yes, run the boot info script and post...

Boot from the Windows CD (with the windows drive first in the boot order).
At the screen with the "Startup Repair" choose "Command Prompt"
Type



diskpart and then at the 'diskpart' prompt:...

While I'm writing up the instructions for manually repairing the Windows boot loader, could you run the boot infos script again and post the RESULTS.txt?

Did this happen when booting from the Window CD? Or were you able to run "Start Up Repair"? Were you able to change the boot order in the bios? Did your trying booting from Windows CD with...

Window always puts its boot files on a primary partition on the boot drive. You deleted that partition when you installed Ubuntu, and so the boot files for Window 7 are gone. Also since you do not...

Don't run the lilo command or try to fix the MBR. According to your RESULTS.txt your MBR is in perfect condition. But the boot files for Windows are missing. Just give me couple of minutes to write...

Thanks. I fixed those.


Click on "Main Page" in the left navigation panel in any of my howto's
Or just click here:
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The custom menu (/boot/grub/custom_menu.cfg) will not be processed by "grub-mkconfig". It needs to be edited directly, not through scripts. "grub.cfg" only contains a link to the the custom...

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I disagree. Grub 2 just has to many nice feature which one should not give up so easily. Look at this howto I just wrote up. Setting it up, is little bit of work. But then one has a custom menu,...

No need to revert to Legacy Grub. drs305 has a section on removing the Recovery Partition from the Grub menu in his Grub2 Title Tweak thread. See section F in Tweaks

Or you can follow drs305...

kansasnoob: From what have I seen in the bug reports, I have been very impressed with Collin Watson. He understands Grub inside out and he does care a great deal about the user. He seems to think...

The warning lets you know that installing to the boot sector is unreliable and you should be looking for a better option. But since installing Grub to the boot sector does not cause any harm, it...

kansasnoob: You are mixing up three different issues:

1) The warning you get from Grub 2 when installing to a boot sector: It is about using blocklist which makes booting slightly more...

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What's the problem?

That command installs grub to the boot sector of /dev/sda11. Grub gives you a warning that its is not a reliable way to boot. But installing grub...