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grub2 package

Just installed Ubuntu 10.10 onto new Sony Vaio alongside Windows 7, the option to boot into windows has gone from my options page

Asked by Michael Lucani

Here is my fdisk output
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6468aab9

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1711 13742080 27 Unknown
/dev/sda2 * 1711 1724 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1724 32803 249642451+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 32803 38914 49082369 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 32803 38658 47029248 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 38658 38914 2052096 82 Linux swap / Solaris

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try:

sudo apt-get install os-prober; sudo os-prober; sudo update-grub

Should be ok.

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Best peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#2

Which fdisk command did you use (fdisk -l sda1 didn't work) Thanks.
Peter

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Michael Lucani (michael-lucani) said : 		#3

This has now been solved by actionparsnip for the second time for me, I couldnt find the thread from last time. It seems to be an issue with the Ubuntu 10:10.
I have saved it this time just in case.
The answer was:sudo apt-get install os-prober; sudo os-prober; sudo update-grub

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Michael Lucani (michael-lucani) said : 		#4

Thanks again