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F8M
February 17th, 2011, 08:43 PM
According to oldFred, I need to remove the extra Windows boot image folder in my Ubuntu/Windows dual-boot system.

sdb1: __________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows Vista
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe
/boot/grub/core.img

I need to remove the last line only "/boot/grub/core.img and anything else related to it BUT NOT /boot/BCD.
Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you.

quixote
February 19th, 2011, 05:18 AM
The commands to delete files and folders are as follows. You'll need to do them as "sudo" since these are system files. Also, since these are system directories, if you make a mistake or typo you could destroy your whole installation. So be super-careful!


sudo rm /boot/grub/core.imgwill remove the file "core.img". Any other related files that need to be removed you have to find and remove the same way: "sudo rm /path/to/filename"

If you need to remove a folder, the command is
sudo rmdir /path/to/dir/The folder has to be empty for this to work. I.e., delete the files inside first using "rm".

Triple check that you have the right path and filename, because there's not much you can erase with impunity in /boot and its subdirectories.