boot isue after installing ubuntu on multi boot system

[jitster71]

Hi all I am new to Linux and thought i would give it a go finally.
My System - Asrock ion 330HT - with 2 x 500 Gb internal and 1 external 320Gb on Esata. I have a multi boot system with the first HDD partitioned as: 1-WinXP, 2-Win7, 3-Win7, 4-empty 44Gb, 5-partition for Linux 10Gb. I have used EasyBCD to bring back the Win Xp boot option.

After Installing Ubuntu 11.04 from cd i was unable to see a boot option. I used EasyBCD to insert a boot option for ubuntu but it does not load and I get a grub prompt. Not sure how to proceed from here. Also which file system would be the best to use for ubuntu?

[oldfred]

Welcome to the forums.

I do not use EasyBCD and like grub2 as a boot loader. But there are a few that use Win7 and seem to like EasyBCD.

To see where everything is at:

Boot Info Script courtesy of forum members meierfra & Gert Hulselmans
Page with instructions and download:
http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/
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