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On 05/24/2012 08:44 AM, Bill Stanley wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4FBDA79A.3070804@wowway.com" type="cite">I
have an older (but still good) computer that dual boots Ubuntu and
Windows. The Windows partition needs the Windows OS to be
reinstalled.
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
after installing windows, boot using live cd ( ubuntu )<br>
<br>
1] select " try without any change to your computer"<br>
2] once you have login start the terminal <br>
3] change to root using " sudo -i" ( prompt will be changed to
root@ubuntu:~# )<br>
<br>
4] find partition location of your ubuntu:-<br>
<br>
root@ubuntu:~# fdisk -l<br>
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes<br>
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders<br>
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes<br>
Disk identifier: 0x10031003<br>
<br>
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System<br>
/dev/sda1 * 1 6374 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS<br>
/dev/sda2 6375 19457 105089197+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)<br>
/dev/sda5 6375 11473 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS<br>
<b>/dev/sda6</b> 11474 19457 64131448+ 83 Linux<font color="#ff0000">
<--- Here</font><br>
<br>
5] Create mount-point for ubuntu's partition <br>
<br>
root@ubuntu:~# mkdir /media/root<br>
<br>
6] mount the partition using following line/command <br>
root@ubuntu:~# mount <b>/dev/sda6</b> /media/root<br>
<br>
7] confirm your root location by typing "ls /media/root"<br>
root@ubuntu:~# ls /media/root<br>
bin dev initrd.img lib32 media proc selinux tmp vmlinuz<br>
boot etc initrd.img.old lib64 mnt root srv usr vmlinuz.old<br>
cdrom home lib lost+found opt sbin sys var<br>
<br>
8] if the output of the above command looks similar to the above
result we can now install GRUB2<br>
<br>
root@ubuntu:~# sudo grub-install --root-directory=/media/root
/dev/sda<br>
<br>
You may see -----> "Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map<br>
/media/root/boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not.
If any of the lines is<br>
incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (hd0)
/dev/sda"<br>
<br>
9] reboot your system !!!<br>
<br>
10] No windows entry in grub menu ??<br>
<br>
11] boot to your ubuntu<br>
<br>
12] start terminal run " update grub2 "<br>
<br>
user1@linbox:~$ sudo update-grub2<br>
[sudo] password for ubuntu:<br>
Generating grub.cfg ...<br>
Found Debian background: apollo.tga<br>
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic<br>
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-15-generic<br>
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic<br>
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic<br>
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin<br>
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1<br>
done<br>
<br>
13] again reboot ..... you should be able to see windows at grub
menu !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br>
<br>
<br>
Warm Regards <br>
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