[clug-talk] dual boot problem

[Gustin Johnson]

You need to boot from a rescue disk (like systemrescuecd or Ubuntu Rescue
Remix) and re-install Grub.

I know that the Ubuntu install media has an option to repair a previous
installation, I am not sure if vector has this.  You should be be able to
boot into vector from the Ubuntu install disk but since I have never tried
vector YYMV.

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Ralph Pichie <thevillagegeek at gmail.com>wrote:

> After dozens of successful dual boots with Ubuntu and other
> Debian-derived distros (3D!) I've encountered my first unbootable
> machine tonight, with the little-loved error message "Missing
> operating system".
>
> I've got Windows 7 back now with the boot flag on the primary
> partition device, but no grub menu. I really wanted to try Vector, but
> I'm loathe to waste more time, as this is a new laptop that needs to
> be productive.
>
> Would it be better to try to fix the boot loader directly or try to do
> an Ubuntu install with or over Vector to fix it?
>
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