boot loader not installed

[fyrbrds at netscape.net]

 No responses so far on this. I have another question. In one of the boot loader faqs I read, someone made mention of Ubuntu's boot loader. Am I right in assuming that Ubuntu uses grub? Is there another forum for boot loaders?

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: fyrbrds at netscape.net
To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Sat, Oct 24, 2009 1:43 pm
Subject: boot loader not installed









I tried to install ubuntu 9.10 beta. It completes the install but does not install grub. I boot with other boot cds or with easy bcd and these can find grub no where. Why would ubuntu think it made a proper install without a boot loader?

I have tried installing it 5 times on different drives and different partition schemes with the same result. 



I want a dual boot config. I have Windows Vista on a 500GB drive (hd0)

300GB NTFS (hd1)

300GB Nvidia SW RAID w/ 3x WD Raptor 150 (hd2)



Tried installing on hd2 3 times. Finally read pages with information leading every which way.

Tried hd0 twice. hd0 has 160G Vista partition. I set up a 40G /home, 12G swp, 4G /tmp, and 80G / (sda8)



All attempts to boot this config after install have failed. The Vista boot loader remains intact.

I tried NeoGrub and the Super grub Boot cd. No grub install found anywhere.



Last question: Is there a way to boot to a command prompt with the live cd for repairs? The live cd gnome terminal is practically blind-mute.



John








 





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