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dual boot problem

Asked by rama lama

i installed Ubuntu off the windows installer section of the download page
i opened it and it said do you what to install, i said yes.
it downloaded and then it said finished do you want to restart again, yes
the it came up with the screen windows or ubuntu, i clicked ubuntu then it installed.
after that every time i clicked ubuntu it opens with a screen saying vista or windows 7, if i click windows 7 it goes back to select between ubuntu and windows, if i click vista it loads but then eventually loads 7, what do i do

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Tim (samacaster) said : 		#1

Boot into Ubuntu. Open a terminal and type sudo update-grub.

Curious, did you upgrade Vista to 7, or do a clean 7 install. I only ask because this seems to happen to people who upgrade from Vista to 7 and load Ubuntu. Grub tends to find 7's MBR and the remnants of Vista's, which is why you see both.

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#2

Did you install Ubuntu side by side with Windows (two separate partitions) or inside a Windows partition (Wubi) ?

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rama lama (rookie2222) said : 		#3

i bought the computer with 7

and downloaded it with wubi

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bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#4

You most likely pressed the SKIP button while Ubuntu was being installed. This is a known bug which prevents the lupin package being installed - and lupin is required to recognise and boot a wubi install.

So, you have to rerun the wubi installation completely.

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