dual boot problem (solved)

[squareyes]

On 08/07/13 18:56, pete smout wrote:
> On 08/07/13 03:00, Philip Arnold wrote:
>> On 07/07/2013 09:10 PM, squareyes wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> I have an HP laptop with win 8 and Ubuntu 1304 AMD 64 bit desktop,
>>> this morning I after a month of no use I tried this morning, to boot
>>> win 8 from grub menu
>>> and got
>>>
>>> Error: can't find command 'drivemap'
>>> Error: invalid EFI path
>>> press any key to continue
>>>
>>> This puts me back to the grub menu.
>>> Last time I used this machine both systems were working fine. Ubuntu
>>> 13.04 will boot and run ok
>>> only need to fix video driver (amd radeon) but can live with that at
>>> the moment.
>>> I rarely use win 8, but would be handy if I could use it now and
>>> again. If I re-install 13.04,
>>> would this be likely to fix the problem?
>>> Any advice would be very much appreciated,
>>> many thanks in advance.
>>> Take care
>>> Winton
>>>
>> Square eyes ; i have had problems dual booting various windows OS &
>> Ubuntu. Never had windows 8 but Try downloading  Boot Repair Disk from
>> Source Forge and burn it to Disk and run it it saved me grief many times
>> !. Hope this helps.  Philip
>>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> +1 for boot repair disk
>
> Saved me on countless occasions!
>
>
> Pete
>
>
Many thanks to all,
Installed boot repair on Ubuntu and fixed the problem.
It would be nice to understand what caused the original problem but
I guess that's life.
Again thanks to all.
Winton