vista and ubuntu

For dual-boot installation with Vista follow this link:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

Once installed, if you still have a problem with internet connection, close this ticket and open a a new one with the details about your hardware (output of an lspci -vnn command).

Hi,
     I finally installed Ubuntu as a dual boot option along with windows
vista... thanks a lot for all the help links that you sent me. But now I
have a small problem. When computer starts up, it gives options whether i
want to load ubuntu or windows vista. When I click on windows vista longhorn
it takes me to another window which again has 2 options . The 2 options are
ubuntu and windows vista. When i select Ubuntu it says cannot load from the
Hard disk drive and goes back to the page when comes in the beginning after
my computer starts up with all the options.
     As per the instructions I shrinked the C: drive of my computer to 16
GB. Then I inserted the CD and installed Ubuntu. Then I used EasyBcd to
create the boot options. Also I noticed that both windows vista and Ubuntu
is installed in the C; drive itself. Now , I am bit sceptic whether the
computer will have any problems or not. Did I go wrong with any of the steps
? Did I do the Installation properly? If not, is there something I can do to
fix this issue ?
     As mentioned earlier, I am also having problem connecting to the
Internet through Ubutu. These are the network cards installed in my laptop.
   Ethernet NIC :Inter(R) PRO/100 Ve Network connections
   Wireless card: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945abg Network connections.
 When I log into Ubuntu it tells me something about restricted drivers and
when I click on the balloon it tells me that Intel R pro wireless driver
blocked. Like I also said earlier my ISP has given me static ip address to
connect to the internet wired. Well I tried entering the Ip address, default
gateway and the Preferred DNS server , but still the computer does not go
online. Is there any settings in the mozilla firefox that I need to check ?

Thanks a lot once again for all the help !!! I really appreciate it!!!

On 7/31/07, Cesare Tirabassi <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Your question #10716 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> Cesare Tirabassi proposed the following answer:
> For dual-boot installation with Vista follow this link:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
>
> Once installed, if you still have a problem with internet connection,
> close this ticket and open a a new one with the details about your
> hardware (output of an lspci -vnn command).
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As I asked you already, please open another ticket for the ethernet connection, it has nothing to do with this problem.
Concerning the installation, I need you to run this command from a terminal to see what happened to your disks:

1. Open a terminal (Menu->Accessories->Terminal)
2. Type this command:

sudo sfdisk -l

Be careful, the option is a lowercase L.
3. Paste here the result.

Hi,
       This is the message I get when I type sudo sfdisk -l . Along with my
Hard drive i have also connected my Usb Memory Key to my computer.

Disk /dev/sda: 14593 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

   Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 0+ 7600 7601- 61055001 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 13861 14592 732 5879790 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 7601 13598 5998 48178935 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 13599 13860 262 2104515 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 13599+ 13860 262- 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 2612 cylinders, 16 heads, 48 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 393216 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

   Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 0+ 652 653- 250728 b W95 FAT32
                start: (c,h,s) expected (0,1,1) found (0,0,48)
/dev/sdb2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sdb3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/sdb4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty

On 8/1/07, Cesare Tirabassi <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Your question #10716 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/10716
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Cesare Tirabassi requested for more information:
> As I asked you already, please open another ticket for the ethernet
> connection, it has nothing to do with this problem.
> Concerning the installation, I need you to run this command from a
> terminal to see what happened to your disks:
>
> 1. Open a terminal (Menu->Accessories->Terminal)
> 2. Type this command:
>
> sudo sfdisk -l
>
> Be careful, the option is a lowercase L.
> 3. Paste here the result.
>
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Sujith Xavier Kurian
Senior Tech Support Associate
Dell International Service
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Bangalore.
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The two menu you are talking about are not the same, right?
One is the vista bootloader, the other the grub bootloader.
From what you are telling me, I think the first one is grub, and the second vista.
I think when you used EasyBCD you have not pointed the vista bootloader to the right partition for ubuntu.
In any case, you can start ubuntu with the first, and vista with the second, so, don't mess around with it again or you risk loosing something, just keep it this way.

ok thanks . so you mean to say everthing is fine now and that i have done the installation correctly right?