Makenni
May 29th, 2013, 03:04 PM
Hi and thanks in advance for any help with this problem.
I am a first time linux user attempting to install Ubuntu as a dual boot with Win7. I have a fakeraid raid0 setup, which I understand makes things difficult from the get go. The installation disks (12.04), even the alternate, all failed to successfully install grub.
After many failed attempts at a successful installation following the advice of various other threads in which people had difficulty with raid0, I followed the advice on this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2052568), which at first appeared to successfully install grub to my raid array.
Upon restart, however, I never reached the grub boot menu, instead finding myself on the grub prompt (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Encountering_the_dreaded_GRUB_2_boot_prompt ). From there, the only success I've had is figuring out that I can boot to windows 7 fine using:
grub> set root=(hd0,msdos1)
grub> chainloader +1
grub> boot
I am very new to this, and quite frankly have no idea how to get the grub menu working or to boot into my ubuntu install.
Some relevant info: my Ubuntu install is a logical partition located at (hd0,msdos5). I have a live cd that I can boot to, so I have terminal access.
Thanks for any help, and ask all the questions I wasn't smart enough to answer from the start.
I am a first time linux user attempting to install Ubuntu as a dual boot with Win7. I have a fakeraid raid0 setup, which I understand makes things difficult from the get go. The installation disks (12.04), even the alternate, all failed to successfully install grub.
After many failed attempts at a successful installation following the advice of various other threads in which people had difficulty with raid0, I followed the advice on this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2052568), which at first appeared to successfully install grub to my raid array.
Upon restart, however, I never reached the grub boot menu, instead finding myself on the grub prompt (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Encountering_the_dreaded_GRUB_2_boot_prompt ). From there, the only success I've had is figuring out that I can boot to windows 7 fine using:
grub> set root=(hd0,msdos1)
grub> chainloader +1
grub> boot
I am very new to this, and quite frankly have no idea how to get the grub menu working or to boot into my ubuntu install.
Some relevant info: my Ubuntu install is a logical partition located at (hd0,msdos5). I have a live cd that I can boot to, so I have terminal access.
Thanks for any help, and ask all the questions I wasn't smart enough to answer from the start.