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(G)wraaquee
Apr 12 2009, 05:47 PM
how to get my ubuntu back after windows xp installation?
Restoring Grub Boot Loader

hi everyone!

this is rocky.

I am new to ubuntu. At first, I had ubuntu and swap files installed in the last two partitions. The next, I installed win xp in the first partition. And now, my ubuntu is gone!

who is out there to help me?

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(G)KnogleMopwater
May 1 2009, 04:31 PM
dual booting: Fixing Grub Boot Loader after installing windows
Restoring Grub Boot Loader

If you already have linux installed and you install windows afterwards, I found this was the cleanest and easiest way to fix my grub boot loader if I had to reinstall windows and my boot loader disappeared.

TO FIX THE GRUB BOOT LOADER:
1. Load a live CD
2. Find where the linux partition is installed (/dev/sda4)
$ fdisk -l
3. Make a directory to mount the real root partition on
$ sudo mkdir realroot
4. Mount the linux partition in the real root folder so you can access the boot loader
$ sudo mount /dev/sda4 realroot
5. Use grub-install to redirect the real boot loader to the windows boot partition (the first part of the disk sector)
$ grub-install --root-directory=realroot /dev/sda

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(G)an_ok_joe
Sep 18 2009, 11:14 AM
It seems I
Restoring Grub Boot Loader

Ok ,heres the long and short of it:

 I have this stupid anal obession of cleaning up things. I managed to make my windows xp go away from my boot loader. I have Mandriva 2009 spring editon. Of course loaded on the first past of my primary drive. I have a second drive on a seperate  IDE. It of course is  Windows XP.  So lately I have been going in to BIOS and just flipping the drives and it works fine. But I really want my windows back on the boot loader line of. 

dev/sdb1 isn't working I tried that on the add feature on the second page  of the boot loader in the boot loaders "menu" for lack of better word  and then tried loading it as a  "other os windos os" of course. I tried all the ones there and it still wouldn't boot. I tried it in root too  but I think I need more info for milling around in there.

I actually didn't blow out the linux, liunx safe boot or windows. I blew out the two files that came up after a few time booting up linux  i586 , I removed them from the loaders  menu.  Then added  "clean /tmp at boot" checked on the loaders  advanced section  on the first page of the menu.

I don't think I hurt or damaged any files in doing what I've done. Could someone help me figure this out? I just want my Boot laoder to recognized Windows and boot it according to my key stroke at time of boot. 

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