Triple-booting?

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Tue Jan 20 19:33:29 UTC 2009


Andrew Burgess wrote:
> Until recently, I was dual-booting Vista and Ubuntu 8.10. However, I've
> installed the Windows 7 beta on a third partition. When it installed,
> Windows 7 overrode the GRUB menu (I think) and so I only get Vista and Win7
> as options on boot. I'm not sure how to repair the GRUB so that Ubuntu will
> show up . . . or even how to get into Ubuntu! Windows can't read the ubuntu
> partition, but I'm assuming I could do something to fix it if I booted from
> a CD.

That's right.  You can use the same CD you installed from.  See
tutorials such as
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/reinstall-ubuntu-grub-bootloader-after-windows-wipes-it-out/
and
http://microdotsagamedev.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/repair-your-grub-loader/

Post if you have any trouble.

Matt Flaschen




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