<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 23/01/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Mooney</b> <<a href="mailto:moondoggy369@mchsi.com">moondoggy369@mchsi.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">If for some odd reason you missed having the
Windows operating system and you decided to install it on another partition, you
will notice your GRUB is missing afterwords. This usually happens and is a
huge headache for those trying to get their GRUB back. Here's what you
need to do to get it back:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Put your bootable Ubuntu/Xubuntu install disk in
the CD drive and run it. Instead of installing anything, click on the menu
to open the terminal application.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">In terminal mode, type the following:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">sudo grub</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">find /boot/grub/stage1</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">root (x,y)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">setup (x)</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">quit</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">sudo shutdown "now" -r</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The resulting "find" command will display something
like "(hd0,1)". In this example, you would then type "root (hd0,1)" and
then "setup (hd0)" in the above area. These numbers might be different;
that's why I included the "find" command so that folks who might have
their Ubuntu partitions located either in front or behind their Windows
installation or on a completely separate internal/external hard drive so that
you will get the appropriate/correct setup numbers.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ok, now you got your GRUB-on, but what about that
darn GRUB menu? It's not displaying what you want it to display? Well, let
just see here...</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Upon reboot, select "Recovery Mode", usuaully the
second option down on the GRUB menu. This will allow you to boot into the
root. Once you're in the terminal mode, type:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">editor /boot/grub/menu.lst</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Well, the rest is pretty much self
explanatory. There should be enough comments in the menu.lst to direct you
to what you can and cannot do to your GRUB menu.lst.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I usually put the Windows option at the top of
the menu so that others (none-Linux users) who use my computer can find it
easily if they have to do a reboot. Your Windows installation will have a
differnt root than your Ubuntu/Xubuntu, but it's usually automatically
placed by GRUB once it's set up again (like the above). I also recommend
removing the timeout option as this is sometimes annoying. Have
fun!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">-David :D</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">P.S.- If you have a question, I'll be happy to
answer to the best of my ability.</font></div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br>I got one: would you mind if I checked if I can get this up at <a href="http://xubuntu.wordpress.com">xubuntu.wordpress.com</a>? I think this can be of help to many more people than those who are subscribed to this mailinglist or browse the archives ;-)
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vincent