Hello, I am using NeoGrub to try to boot ubuntu with the vista bootloader, i downloaded easybcd and i can duel boot xp and vista, but i can only boot ubuntu with grub. i put in the required code for neogrub, but when i try to boot into ubuntu it still shows that it cannot be found, any helpl would be great. thanks!
Tri - booting Ubuntu 8.10 and Vista+Xp NeoGrub
- Thread starter Kyzys
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PC eye
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When going to install ubuntu where did you set the mount point? hopefully on the root/system partition. The entry made in the Vista boot options with the EasyBCD tool should point at the root to then see Neogrub handle ubuntu's own boot loader when being pointed at. Generally ubuntu is about the easiest distro to see added in.
Coolname007
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Please post your NeoGrub menu.lst file, located at C:/NST/Menu. I just recently got my own tri-boot setup with NeoGrub, as well as the other Ubuntu entry created with EasyBCD, which used Bootpart, instead of NeoGrub...perhaps I could help you with yours.
Cheers!
-Coolname007
Please post your NeoGrub menu.lst file, located at C:/NST/Menu. I just recently got my own tri-boot setup with NeoGrub, as well as the other Ubuntu entry created with EasyBCD, which used Bootpart, instead of NeoGrub...perhaps I could help you with yours.
Cheers!
-Coolname007
haha yeah i read your whole thread, maybe you can help though.
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Coolname007
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I believe your problem is you combined NeoGrub with your Ubuntu menu.lst, and they don't mix! :brows:
Try this instead:
-Coolname007
EDIT: of course you will need to change "root (hd0,3)" to the appropriate configuration in your case, i.e. "root (hd0,1)" or "root (hd0,2)", etc. Hope it helps!
Try this instead:
Should let you boot both XP and Ubuntu 8.10 with NeoGrub!
-Coolname007
EDIT: of course you will need to change "root (hd0,3)" to the appropriate configuration in your case, i.e. "root (hd0,1)" or "root (hd0,2)", etc. Hope it helps!
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Coolname007
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If you say it is located at "(hd0,4)", then yes, that should work (although you may want to make absolutely certain that its there, and not some other partition number). Perhaps you used the wrong filesystem type when creating the Ubuntu partition? Ubuntu requires ext3 filesystem type. BTW, i hope you know that "(hd0,4)" and "sda4" are not the same thing!
They're a number off from each other! sda4=(hd0,3)And of course you can change it to "Ubuntu" instead "Ubuntu Linux"...whatever you want!
Cheers! :brows:
-Coolname007
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Coolname007
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If NeoGrub doesn't work, you can always use the alternative...
Create a direct boot entry in the Vista bootloader, that works with Bootpart. (But really...all this is covered in my tutorial!)So open up EasyBCD, go to Add/Remove Entries, select the "Linux" tab. Select the partition (EasyBCD calls it a "drive") that Ubuntu is installed on (mine was Partition 3), and click the "Add Entry" button to create the new entry. Now to make it work...
Open up your Command Prompt (Start menu>All Programs>Applications>Command Prompt), and type the following, pushing Return or Enter after each line.
Code:
C:\bootpart.exe
C:\bootpart c:\ubuntu.lnx Ubuntu Linux-Coolname007
Addendum:
Of course!
Simply leave out the whole XP paragraph, and change the comment on the Ubuntu title to say "first" entry, instead of "second" entry! Cheers!
-Coolname007
EDIT: Like this:
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Coolname007
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Its also possible that your Ubuntu menu.lst file is messed up. So i would recommend checking with "sudo fdisk -l" (while booting with LiveCD) to see which partition Ubuntu is really installed on. Again, sda4, for example, would be (hd0,3).
Cheers!
-Coolname007
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Addendum:
Indeed it might! :lol: I thought you said you were tribooting Ubuntu, Vista, and XP??? not Windows 7?
Obviously, that would probably change things a bit...
-Coolname007
Addendum:
Its also possible you're in the wrong dir, opening up command prompt!
You may want to check, and post precisely where it starts out, at open of the command prompt! Cheers!
-Coolname007
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Have you tried NeoGrub in the automatic configuration instead of setting up a NeoGrub menu.lst? Under Add/Remove Entries select the Linux tab and uninstall NeoGrub. Remove the old entry and go to the Linux tab and add a new one pointing to the correct place, but hit grub is not installed to mbr before clicking the add entry button. Reboot and assuming all went well you should be looking at a menu containing the entries located in Ubuntu's menu.lst at /boot/grub/menu.lst when you select the new entry.
Coolname007
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Either way he's going to have to edit the NeoGrub menu.lst...whether he uninstalls it, and reinstalls it, or keeps the old one....the result will be the same, an edited NeoGrub menu.lst! :lol: And technically, the "Remove NeoGrub" option is under the "NeoGrub" tab, not the "Linux tab"!
Cheers! :brows:
-Coolname007
Coolname007
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I believe you're referring to the entry created that works with bootpart...and, in my understanding at least, that is not NeoGrub!
Cheers!
-Coolname007
EDIT: Of course its possible we have different versions of EasyBCD...which version do you have?
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it's E:\Users\Kenny> i already tried E:\bootpart.exe thoughIts also possible you're in the wrong dir, opening up command prompt!
i do this and it just loads up a grub command thing. with no options