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dual boot easybcd problem

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I have 2 SATA drives, Win7 and Vista installed on 1st drive and just installed the 9.10 on the (hd1,0) 2nd drive. After following this tutorial http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Linux, I have problem in booting on the ubuntu it give me an error insert system disk. Also I tried to boot on the live cd and can't execute the command "sudo grub" in the terminal window it gives an error command not found. How to fix this problem. Thanks in advance!

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Brandt B (benedikt-benbra) said : 		#1

Hello

If you install grub, the bootloader of http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Linux will be removed, so be sure you really want that. (However in your place I would do it ;-))
I am uncertain whether you would have any success with sudo grub in a live cd, I doubt it^^. In order to install grub you would first have to do a chroot to your installed system. A detailed description of how to install grub from a live cd can be found in the ubuntu wiki (http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/GRUB). You can choose one of mehtods described in there, however I would recommend Method two or three.
However, be carefull!!! Altering with your boot loader might probably lead to not being capable of booting windows any more. So I would recommend that you backup any important data before you do this...
If you are using windows primarily and can afford a reinstallation of ubuntu, I would recommend that, since the installer of ubuntu configures dual boot with windwos automatically (This is usually working like a charm^^ and would be the safest way)

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screwedwindows (screwedwindows) said : 		#2

Thank you b1 for the reply, but I just resolved my problem when I found other forum advised to use the easyBCD ver. 2 Beta.