Grub not working

[dave boland]

On Thu, 05 May 2011 03:17 +0800, "Goh Lip" <g.lip at gmx.com> wrote:
> On 05/05/2011 03:08 AM, dave boland wrote:
> > This is what happened:
> > grub-install -v
> > grub-install (GNU GRUB 0.97)
> >
> > One other fact that may be helpful.  When I installed 11.04 (both times)
> > the installer said no other operating systems were found, which implies
> > it didn't detect Win ME.  Still, the normal course of events is that
> > Grub appears and I have to add 3 lines to the menu.lst file (Grub 1) to
> > have a menu to boot Windows.
> >
> > Thanks for the help and I look forward to getting all of this to work.
> >
> > Dave,
> 
> 
> Did you get to 11.04 from 8.04 or earlier without any fresh (new) 
> install? Please see if there is a /boot/grub/grub.cfg there and print 
> this out if there is.
> 
> And are you willing to convert your grub-legacy to grub2?
> I am getting 'rusty' with grub-legacy now.
> 
> Regards - Goh Lip

Goh,

I downloaded 11.04 from Ubuntu, used the live CD to create 13 GB of free
space, created the three partitions that I read (on the web) that it
needed, clicked on Install -- twice.

Yes, I'm willing to use Grub 2.  What I'll likely need are clear
instructions on how to get rid of Grub 1, then how to install Grub 2 and
configure it.  I have installed Startup-manager as per some info on the
web.  It didn't help, but it was worth a try.

<comment on>
The Ubuntu installation needs some work in this area.  I was presented
with two options -- use the whole disk, or Other.  I had to choose Other
and hope I did things correctly.  What should have happened (in my
humble opinion) is that there should have been an option to use the free
space to install Ubuntu.  This option would make my life easier, and
likely less bother to the people like yourself that try to help us well
intended, but misguided.
<comment off>

Dave,
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