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Installed Ubuntu (RAID-0 dual-boot) but GRUB missing

Asked by Tomatosoup

I've got a Dell XPS 430 PC with a RAID-0 (striped) setting. Because of the RAID-0 setting I have to use the Alternate install CD, so it recognizes my partitions.

I am then able to create an Extended partition, in which I create a Logical partition, mounted as "/" and another partition used as swap space.

I create a Logical partition because I've got an existing Windows partition. A Primary partition. You can't have two Primary partitions.

The Primary (Windows) partition has the Bootable flag.

Then I just install all files and after that, it shows the GRUB bootloader being installed. But when I boot, I just boot straight into Vista. So GRUB doesn't seem to be installed at all...

So my problem: GRUB doesn't seem to be installed.

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S.Vikash Koushik (vikashkoushik) said : 		#1

Hey,

     Try installing it through the Live CD.After going to the Live Session Go to Applications->Accessories->Terminal.
Type

sudo grub

find /boot/grub/stage1

If you get "Error 15: File not found", try the following:

find /grub/stage1

Using this information, set the root device (fill in X,Y with whatever the find command returned):

grub> root (hdX,Y)

Install Grub:

grub> setup (hd0)

Exit Grub:

grub> quit

Good Luck!

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Tomatosoup (wiegersteenhuisen) said : 		#2

Hello,
Thanks,

But can I just do that? Won't it corrupt my Windows installation?
Because the Live CD doesn't support RAID. So it sees my RAID-0 setting as 2 seperate drives.

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S.Vikash Koushik (vikashkoushik) said : 		#3

Hey I'm not sure about that.But I think there won't be any problem.

Can you help with this problem?

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