HELP! rusty knowledge of Linux install has cost me....

[Red10]

....i decided to bang Kubuntu onto to my new lappy...

now, it had vista on it to start with and i wanted to keep it on, so i used the partition manager to repartition and have both vista and kubuntu on - done it a thousand times before, however, i've not done it recently and must have inadvertently screwed something up, as when it rebooted grub only shows me the option to boot in to linux...

...now i can't remember how to edit/modify grub to give me the option to boot into vista???!

(note: i am not sure whether or not i have deleted or knackered the vista partition, BUT i hope not!)...

cheers

Dan.

 

[Jamie]

Search for "edit grub menu ubuntu" in google

but the file you're asking for is menu.lst:
/boot/grub/menu.lst

If it's not listed on your grub startup menu then it probably won't be in there though

 

[Sp!ke]

If you boot into Kubuntu it should auto mount any windows partitions. Doesn't help with the grub problem but it will at least confirm if the partition is still there.

~S

 

[NicNac]

Search for "edit grub menu ubuntu" in google

but the file you're asking for is menu.lst:
/boot/grub/menu.lst

If it's not listed on your grub startup menu then it probably won't be in there though

what? the contents of menu.lst is what you see when you boot, And as long as he didnt erase the windows partiton. it should just be a case of adding windows to /boot/grub/menu.lst manually. Google is your friend here. this is a pretty common issue.

 

[memyselfandi]

Try something like this ... (shamelessly got from Google)

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda3
title Windows Vista
root (hd0,2)
savedefault 1
makeactive
chainloader +1

Note you will need to change (hd0,2) to be your Vista partition, e.g. if it's first on the disk it will probably be hd(0,0).

 

[bennyB]

You could also try downloading startup manager through synaptic, that might find windows without the need for you to manually fiddle around with menu.lst

It will also let you configure lots of other boot settings easily, like which OS is the default, how long before loading the OS etc..

 

[dan653]

su gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

and add an entry pointing to your windows partition assuming it still exists, assuming you still want to use grub

if you want to restore vista's bootloader try this http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/96509133/m/254009228831 and then edit that with an entry for ubuntu