dual boot problem SOLVED (sort of)

[Che]

This might be related, sorry I have been away. 

A couple of weeks ago I did a kernel update on Mint12 and poof no boot
no grub. At first I thought it was a bad video driver update so I
installed 12.04 in tandem and grub would allow me to boot into Ubuntu...

Last night I ran the kernel update on Ubuntu and poof same story once
again.

After a bit of a Google I came across instructions for running
boot-repair from the LiveCD and it was slick as a whistle. Grub is now
performing flawlessly again, or at least until the next kernel
upgrade...

Here is the link if you want to check it out for future reference:

http://howopensource.com/2012/05/reinstall-recover-grub-from-ubuntu-12-04-live-cd-usb/

Mark

On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 12:00 -0600, Geekus Villagius wrote:
> I fixed this a week ago using a fresh installation of Ubuntu 11.04. If
> I try Vector Linux again, I'll probably do it as a sole OS or the
> first OS.
> The only issue remaining on that machine (other than Bug #1 on the
> Windows partition) is a second swap partition. I'll get rid of that
> soon enough, or make it into encrypted space.
> 
> The T420 is working great with Ubuntu so far, and seemed good with
> Vector Linux as far as I tested it.
> 
> Thanks for the responses.
> 
> >
> >   1. Re: [clug-talk] dual boot problem (Gustin Johnson)
> >
> >
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:43:05 -0600
> > From: Gustin Johnson <gustin at meganerd.ca>
> > To: CLUG General <clug-talk at clug.ca>
> > Cc: ubuntu-ca <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] dual boot problem
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> > 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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