[ubuntu-us-mi] ubuntu 12.10 dual boot issue

[Brian Brodsky]

My problem is now resolved. It appears that either grub2, or the way 
Ubuntu implemented grub2, does not detect Windows partitions properly. I 
had a co-worker help me with this. First get grub working. Then I added 
the code below in /etc/grub.d/08_custom. Then update-grub. This puts 
windows above Ubuntu so it will boot by default. If you wish to boot 
Ubuntu by default, modify 40_custom instead. This will create a new enty 
for windoes along with the useless entry that was originally found. 
Select the custom entry to boot weindows, My new grub.cfg is at 
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1368590/. Here is the contents of my 08_custom:

# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
menuentry 'Windows 7 (customized entry)' {
     insmod part_msdos
     insmod ntfs
     set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
     chainloader +1
}

On 11/15/2012 8:33 PM, Brian Brodsky wrote:
> Sorry, the second example link of someone with my problem is 
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/216800/a-disk-read-error-occured-press-ctrlaltdel-to-restart.
>
> Brian
>
> On 11/15/2012 8:10 PM, Brian Brodsky wrote:
>> I decided to try the new Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop. I had an old 
>> version of Ubuntu installed in a separate partition that I had setup 
>> as a dual boot with Windows 7, which worked fine. After I upgraded 
>> and was only able to boot Ubuntu. When I tried to boot to windows I 
>> got the following error: A disk read error occurred Press 
>> Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. I then fixed the windows boot-up as 
>> described on this page 
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreUbuntu/XP/Vista/7Bootloader. 
>> I downloaded the 64 bit windows recovery disk and ran bootrec 
>> /fixboot and bootrec /fixmbr. This fixed my windows but grub no 
>> longer booted. I then ran boot-repair as described on this page 
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/187862/after-update-get-error-file-not-found-followed-by-grub-rescue. 
>> This got grub and Ubuntu back but my original problem of not being 
>> able to boot to windows was back. After fixing windows I am able to 
>> boot to ubuntu by booting off a super grub cd. I apparantly am not 
>> the only one with this problem: 
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/203529/windows-7-not-loading-after-installing-ubuntu-12-10 
>> and 
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/203529/windows-7-not-loading-after-installing-ubuntu-12-10. 
>> Does anybody have any suggestions on what I can do to create a dual 
>> boot system with windows 7 and ubuntu 12.10?
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> Brian
>>
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