[xubuntu-users] zapped boot info

[blind Pete]

Wes James wrote:

> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:48 PM, Wes James
> <comptekki at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have a mac pro (2010?) that is set up with xubuntu 12.04.  The first
>> disk in the system has windows, the second has os X and xubuntu / and
>> swap
>> partitions.  The user upgraded to maveriks, but now when the system start
>> you can see Windows, Xubuntu and OS X in the refit boot menu.  When you
>> select Xubuntu, it boots in to windows.  I booted from the super grub
>> disk ( http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ ) and can select the Xubuntu option
>> and
>> it boots fine.  I've looked in gparted to see where the boot loader might
>> have been for xubuntu, but I can't tell.  There is a /boot folder so I
>> think the system was partitioned in to / and swap only.  Any suggestions
>> on
>> getting xubuntu booting again.  I've tried update-grub2, but that doesn't
>> help.  I've looked at using the grub-install, but I'm not sure what
>> parameters I'd use to run it.  I tried:
>>
>> sudo grub-install /dev/sda
>>
>> but it says it can't do that on a GPT partition. Same with /dev/sdb.
>>
>>
> I just found this and will try it tomorrow:
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
> 
> thanks

Booting can be a bit mysterious.  Is EFI involved?  
Can you reconfigure rEFIt?  (I think that EFI is involved.)  

You might find more traffic, and answers, on a general 
Ubuntu group rather than a specific Xubuntu group.  
The desktop is not part of the problem.  

-- 
blind Pete
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