Can't boot Ubuntu/Please assist

[lferg]

Sh here is what happen. I had 10.4 running great, had to install Windows for something that couldn't be done through through virtual machine. So, I booted with a Ubuntu Live CD, and used gparted to make a partition for Windows. I just unmounted my HDD and made a 50GB portion for Windows. I turned off my machine and Ubuntu booted up just fine with all my files intact. Now, I install Windows on the freshly made partition. Everything goes great except every boot in now directly to Windows. I used LiveCD to run gparted and changed the boot flag from the windows partition to Ubuntu. When I boot now, It says something to the effect of "No Operating System". So I change the boot flag back to the Windows one and now what do I do? :(

[Bucky Ball]

Boot Repair:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

You can install it while running from the LiveCD. If it doesn't fix will give you all the information needed for us to see what's happening. Post here, please.

Can you boot into Ubuntu at all? If so:


sudo update-grub

Restart.

[lferg]

Boot Repair:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

You can install it while running from the LiveCD. If it doesn't fix will give you all the information needed for us to see what's happening. Post here, please.

Can you boot into Ubuntu at all? If so:


sudo update-grubRestart.

I can not boot into Ubuntu at all. I will try this tomorrow evening and let you know... Thanks for this. I was fearing I would have to reinstall and loose everything

[Bucky Ball]

Boot repair is your friend. And as I say, don't forget to post the report Boot Repair outputs if it doesn't fix.

Reinstall last resort and not there yet. ;)

[lferg]

This was the out put. Had to put it somewhere, about to reboot and I'll let you know how it goes.


Boot successfully repaired.

Please write on a paper the following URL:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1599355/

In case you still experience boot problem, indicate this URL to:
boot.repair@gmail.com or to your favorite support forum.

You can now reboot your computer.



IT WORKED!!! Holy crap thanks guys

[Bucky Ball]

All good and glad it worked. Please mark the thread as Solved from Thread Tools to help others. ;)