Lubuntu/windows7. grub

[næl]

Hello. I need some help. I am a noob so i need it easy. And my english is not any good but i ll try. I installed windows 7 and lubuntu 10.10. It worked like it have always done (use to have win7/lubuntu 10.04. But when i updated the ubuntu img (i think) windows boot got over written. So I fixed windows boot, and as always it deleted lubuntu boot. So i came here and used this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708 , But now windows boot got deleted. So I guess I in some kind of evil circle.

[rattamayhorka]

let me undersand do you want both windows bootloader and the grub (linux) runing at the same time? thats not ok. what you need is grub menu with windows 7 and linux entries when you boot and then you can pick one.
just like this:



if you want to do this look at this page is good. http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html

[næl]

let me undersand do you want both windows bootloader and the grub (linux) runing at the same time? thats not ok. what you need is grub menu with windows 7 and linux entries when you boot and then you can pick one.
just like this:



if you want to do this look at this page is good. http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html

Yes thanks. It looks like an easy fix.

[næl]

Nope no success... any one

[oldfred]

Full chroot reinstall of grub2 usually works.

Grub Rescue Prompt Megathread - drs305
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1594052
chroot & grub uninstall & reinstall
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581099


You may have to install the osprober also to get it to find windows:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...hlight=lubuntu

[oldfred]

I see you already have the same answer.

Please do not double post.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=277

[næl]

I see you already have the same answer.

Please do not double post.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=277

Sorry. Was unsure where to post. I will follow up on the other post. thanks

[næl]

Re: Grub/XP/Vista Bootloader
Quote:
Originally Posted by næl
But now windows boot got deleted. So I guess I in some kind of evil circle.

It may appear that it is an evil circle, but perhaps not. Perhaps the windows boot is still there (well, the boot files) but Grub hasn't seen Windows yet. The reason is that Lubuntu doesn't come with the software that searches for the Windows partition. You have to install it before Grub will find Windows.

So, if you are now booting to Ubuntu normally, without the LiveCD, open a terminal and run this command to install os=prober
Code:
sudo apt-get install os-prober
Once it is installed, update Grub.
Code:
sudo update-grub
Now see if Windows is in your Grub menu:
Code:
grep "menuentry" /boot/grub/grub.cfg
If it is, reboot, choose Windows and see if it will boot.

If it isn't there, or if Windows won't boot, then please run the boot info script from the following link and post the contents of the RESULTS.txt that it produces. This will allow us to see the boot status of Windows and Ubuntu and figure out how to fix your dual-boot system.
http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

drs305