I had (notice the past tense) Vista installed on a RAID1 disk array. I then installed Ubuntu 7.04, allowing it to create a partition. I rebooted, which took me to Vista. I installed EasyBCD and used to to add Ubuntu.
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Your instructions say: "When prompted to set up the bootloader, make sure you specify to install LILO, GRUB, or whatever to the bootsector of the partition that Linux is being installed to and not the MBR of your hard drive."
Ubuntu asks me where to install the bootloader, but only gives me hdd0 as an option. I don't know what that means or how to specify something different. It doesn't let me choose Lilo or Grub and doesn't tell me which one it is using, or where it is being installed, and it doesn't let me choose between MBR and bootsector.
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I rebooted, I got the bootloader, I chose Ubuntu but no go. I rebooted, chose Vista, ran EasyBCD, deleted Ubuntu, rewrote the MBR, and added Ubuntu. There is probably a serious error in there that I could have avoided if your instructions about bootloaders had matched the real world.
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When I boot, the machine says "missing operating system"
If I boot from the Vista disk, it offers to repair the system but (surprise, surprise) can't repair it.
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I'm prepared to set everything up again from scratch, but I would like to know how to follow these instructions:
"When prompted to set up the bootloader (I'm not), make sure you specify to install LILO, GRUB, or whatever (I can't) to the bootsector of the partition (won't let me) that Linux is being installed to and not the MBR of your hard drive."
<problem>
Your instructions say: "When prompted to set up the bootloader, make sure you specify to install LILO, GRUB, or whatever to the bootsector of the partition that Linux is being installed to and not the MBR of your hard drive."
Ubuntu asks me where to install the bootloader, but only gives me hdd0 as an option. I don't know what that means or how to specify something different. It doesn't let me choose Lilo or Grub and doesn't tell me which one it is using, or where it is being installed, and it doesn't let me choose between MBR and bootsector.
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I rebooted, I got the bootloader, I chose Ubuntu but no go. I rebooted, chose Vista, ran EasyBCD, deleted Ubuntu, rewrote the MBR, and added Ubuntu. There is probably a serious error in there that I could have avoided if your instructions about bootloaders had matched the real world.
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When I boot, the machine says "missing operating system"
If I boot from the Vista disk, it offers to repair the system but (surprise, surprise) can't repair it.
</catastrophe>
I'm prepared to set everything up again from scratch, but I would like to know how to follow these instructions:
"When prompted to set up the bootloader (I'm not), make sure you specify to install LILO, GRUB, or whatever (I can't) to the bootsector of the partition (won't let me) that Linux is being installed to and not the MBR of your hard drive."