Windows 7 and Ubuntu

[theturbanator]

Hi everyone,

I had a dual boot with Vista and Ubuntu (9.04), with Vista as the loader (I don't entirely know what that means, though I think I have a good idea -- can anyone expound on the subject, please?), and I recently installed Windows 7 (on the same partition that Vista previously was installed on) -- note that this was a clean install, not an upgrade. Now, when I start my computer, it automatically loads Windows 7 -- I have no choice anymore. But that partition still exists. I believe that this has to do with the fact that Vista was the loader but now no longer exists. What can I do to get it working again? Do I have to reinstall Ubuntu again?

Thank you for all of your help!

[bumanie]

If still using grub-legacy (which is the default bootloader in 9.04) follow this.

[theturbanator]

Thank you very much! Unfortunately, I don't have my live Ubuntu cd with me (and I won't for a while) -- can I simply burn another one and boot into that? Also, does it have to be Ubuntu 9.04? What if I download and burn the Ubuntu 9.10 version?

[Marlonsm]

Any Ubuntu CD with the correct version should work.
But if you have 9.04, I don't think a 9.10 CD would do it, because the boot loader has changed between these versions.

[bumanie]

9.10 has grub 2 as the default bootloader - it will not allow reinstallation of grub-legacy as the two versions of grub are completely different. Easiest thing would be to download and burn a .iso of 9.04, then follow the guide.

[sliketymo]

Try this :

http://www.intowindows.com/download-...for-windows-7/

[theturbanator]

Thank you all so much for your help -- I was able to get the grub-legacy bootloader to start working again. Now, is the boot menu list editable? I ask this because it still says Windows Vista, though I now have Windows 7. Also, it lists every single kernel of Ubuntu that I have updated to, and I want to remove all but the most recent of the kernels. Also, I would like to modify the default OS. Is there anyway I can do all of this? Or maybe it will correct itself when I upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10?

[presence1960]

Thank you all so much for your help -- I was able to get the grub-legacy bootloader to start working again. Now, is the boot menu list editable? I ask this because it still says Windows Vista, though I now have Windows 7. Also, it lists every single kernel of Ubuntu that I have updated to, and I want to remove all but the most recent of the kernels. Also, I would like to modify the default OS. Is there anyway I can do all of this? Or maybe it will correct itself when I upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10?

If you get me more info I can tell you what to edit to add any OS you want to boot from GRUB.

Let's get a better look at your setup & boot process. Boot into Ubuntu. Come back here and use the link in my signature to download the Boot Info Script to the desktop. Once on desktop open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and run this command

sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

This will create a RESULTS.txt file on the desktop. Paste the entire contents of that file back here. Once pasted highlight all text and click the # sign on the toolbar to place code tags around the text

[rlvarcoe]

If you get me more info I can tell you what to edit to add any OS you want to boot from GRUB.

Let's get a better look at your setup & boot process. Boot into Ubuntu. Come back here and use the link in my signature to download the Boot Info Script to the desktop. Once on desktop open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and run this command

sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

This will create a RESULTS.txt file on the desktop. Paste the entire contents of that file back here. Once pasted highlight all text and click the # sign on the toolbar to place code tags around the text

Hey not my original post but I have the same issue... I tried as you suggested above sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh and got back a No such file or directory I am using 9.04

[oldfred]

rivacoe, please start a new thread with your problem even if it is similar as it gets confusing on who we are replying to.

Karmic now downloads into of all things /Downloads if in a working system. And my version 041 of the script put results into /home/fred - my home directory. I am not sure on download from liveCD anymore.