Ubuntu
grub package

Dual boot goes straight into XP

Asked by Amphoteric on 2008-09-06

Hello, I am trying to get a dual boot system running. I started with XP installed in a 250gb drive. I resized the drive to 125gb pairs and installed ubuntu on the 2nd partition. When the computer boots, it goes directly into XP. I have tried many different solutions with no success. I have tried booting from the live CD and running grub from the terminal. When I type "setup (hd0)" I get a mounting error. When I try "find /boot/grub/stage1" I get an error "file not found". What can I do?

Thank you

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2008-09-06
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2008-09-07
Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : #1

Apparently GRUB is not installed.

You can fix that by either reinstalling Ubuntu or downloading a Super Grub Disk from this location:

    http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/SuperGrubDiskPage.html

When GRUB installs it must write a small flag into the Windows Master Boot Record (MBR).

marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : #2

Have you some kind of "boot sector virus protection" try to discover it accessing to your pc BIOS.

if yes disable boot sector protection and try to install Grub booting your pc using the Ubuntu live install cd.

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

Hope this helps

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