DanNEBTD

I installed Ubuntu on an external drive and It never asked me where to install grub. Well of course it installed it on the external and now I need the external attached to boot to Vista. Is there any way I could either have grub installed on my laptops HD or us vista's OS loader? . . or do I need to do a reinstall? . . in that case how would I change the process?

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stanrc

i think you need fixmbr, i think

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DanNEBTD

but will I lose the option to boot to linux?

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stanrc

well if you unplug the external drive, then do a fix mbr, it will fix vista. then just plug in the external when you want to boot linux, and boot from main hdd for vista.

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DanNEBTD

so I did fixmbr and now I cant boot to linux . .it shows a bunch of 9's as if its corrupted or something. Cane I do a fixgrub via live cd or something? . . or will that put it back on my laptop HDD?

>> nvm, I think I can do it via live CD

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MikersSU

I'm sorry I'm clueless when it comes to Linux but can this help?
www.vistabootpro.org

I've seen testimonials that it indeed works with Ubunutu...just a shot in the dark here.

The Hundred Gunner

This sounds like a good plan.

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DanNEBTD

but it didnt work . . . I only have the live CD so I tried reinstalling grub via terminal . . got grub up and running but now it doesnt recognize the installation. About to say f'it and just reinstall but Im gonna DL the full Distro now to use the recovery mode.

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csm11

Has anyone tried Vistabootpro yet?

DanNEBTD

I ended up reformatting my external w/ my Vista drive disconnected and everything works flawlessly now.

Side note: Unbuntu has its problems too. I had two "not responding" windows and Azureus was installed but wouldnt run. I have to say it is snappier than windows (even though it is on a usb external) and is more pleasant to use. Now I just need to find a decent wireless card for aircrack

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