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stoogemaster
May 23rd, 2008, 02:33 PM
Not to sound like a broken record, some posts are similar, but not quite my issue.

I'm installing Ubuntu 8.04 as a dual boot under Vista. Vista and Ubuntu have their own distinct drives and both install without errors. When I followed one of the guides and installed GRUB to Ubuntu's drive and then modified Vista BCEdit (1.7.2) as specified: "under linux choose the partition ubuntu is installed to and "add entry"" I still can't get the install to bood. Now, Vista installs fine and the option is there for Ubuntu. When Grub loader displays None of the Ubuntu options give me anything but "file not found". :confused: Choosing Vista from the Grub menu works fine. My system specifications are below with drives with OSs marked as I'm using them. If anyone can refer me to the fix for this I would really appreciate it.

My specs:

ThermalTake Armor FullTower
Gigabyte GA-8i955XRoyal
ThermalTake 680Watt PurePower
Pentium D 830 3.0GHZ
Thermaltake 735 Big water CPU/GPU cooler (keeps it all frosty)
4GB OCZ DDR26400 800Mhz
BFG nVidia 8800GT 512MB Dual DVI PCI-e X16 2.0
TDK DVDRW0404N
Plextor DVDR PX-810SA
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000Rpm (1) Vista SP1
Western Digital 160GB
Western Digital 160GB Ubuntu 8.04
Western Digital 500GB
Western Digital 500GB
Western Digital 1TB
Western Digital 1TB
External Western Digital 120GB USB Drive (1)
Soundblaster Audigy
Viewsonic 19" monitor
Sharp 17" monitor
Microsoft executive Wireless keyboard / mouse
Microsoft Vista Ultimate SP1