Ubuntu & Windows Vista Dual-Boot Pictorial

[Computer Guru]

Seeing as Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions available, I've added a section in the EasyBCD User Manual dedicated to it...

You can view it here: Ubuntu - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki

Hopefully all the Ubuntu dual-booters-to-be out there will find this helpful.

I'm planning on adding more distro-specific guides to the site when I get the chance; if it's a popular-enough idea...

[manan]

i had already tried this (but waited for ur tut to see if i was doing something wrong) and here is what i am getting:

otpart.htm
Loading New Partition
Bootsector from CH Hoch Statter
Cannot load from hard disk
Insert System disk or press any key

:?

[Computer Guru]

It means you installed GRUB to the wrong partition.

[manan]

but i havnt installed grub :?: i un-selected ubuntu's bootloader option i havnt chosen grub installer from easybcd :?: ...

[Computer Guru]

yeah, well you also don't have a menu.lst, so that'll never work.
you can reinstall grub by following the instructions at Linux - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki

[manan]

u want me to re-install grub by following from here on the given link i will do that however i must also tell u that i tied re-installing ubuntu still the same problem occured

[Computer Guru]

You cannot skip the install grub step. Like the pictorial shows, you need to change where grub is installed to, not skip it entirely.

(Please use full English words/sentences so I can understand you better )

[manan]

holy hell what a n00by error i made ... damn stupid of me lemme give this a re-try cause re-installing grub seems more complicated

[Computer Guru]

That's OK, everyone makes mistakes.

Important thing is to find out where you went wrong and be sure never to repeat that again

Reinstalling GRUB certainly is complicated though, so that's probably the best way to do it.

[ruf1]

Thanks CG, you just made my life a whole lot easier. I have been reading up on Ubuntu before I installed it. Now with this tutorial I am confident I can install it right the first time.

[manan]

i dont know whats wrong now but it is still giving the same error

i have chosen hd0,4 as the grub location (easybcd also shows partition 4 for linux in the drop-down while add/removing an entry)

still when i boot and try to go into ubuntu it gives me the same 4 line error mentioned above

This is what easybcd is showing:

Entry #4

Name:  Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
BCD ID:  {058fb7da-0091-11dc-bebb-001060b2f7a2}
Drive:  C:\
Bootloader Path:  \NST\nst_grub.mbr

also i just found that i have lost an entire 34 gig partition which contained all my backup and software and OS setups

how do i come to know the value of # in hd0,#

[Computer Guru]

Did you re-create the entry in EasyBCD after reinstalling Ubuntu?

[manan]

ya i did that

[Computer Guru]

OK, create a NeoGrub entry and leave the cofiguration file blank.

Select NeoGrub from the boot menu, and you'll be unceremoniously dumped into a console. Type this there:

find /boot/grub/menu.lst

It'll print the (hdx,y) answer.

[manan]

problem soved i did a fresh install and i think it was the hd0,# problem maybe i had entered the wrong no. lsat time this time everything is working fine ... grub is being launched from the easybcd boot loader menu