The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Yet another Ubuntu ordeal from me!

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Sahin, Nov 16, 2009.

  1. Sahin

    Sahin ---------------

    Reputations:
    156
    Messages:
    1,578
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I have completed the download, and when I restart my computer GRUB does not load up it goes directly to Vista. For the the partion I just pressed use empty space 149GB did whatever it needed too. But when I restart GRUB does not load up! Do I have to press a key to load up GRUB? Do I have to do the partitioning differently?

    I am so frustrated! :confused: :confused:
     
    Sahin, Nov 16, 2009
    #1
  2. zephyrus17

    zephyrus17 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    646
    Messages:
    1,576
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    You need to restore GRUB to the hd0 to overwrite Vista's bootloader.

    put in your Ubuntu LiveCD and follow the steps here: Restore GRUB

    Did you make your /boot a separate partition from your / or is it inside /?
     
    zephyrus17, Nov 16, 2009
    #2
  3. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

    Reputations:
    1,338
    Messages:
    5,202
    Likes Received:
    22
    Trophy Points:
    206
    yeah, sounds like you installed GRUB on the linux partition, rather than the mbr....what zephyrus 17 said :)
     
    theZoid, Nov 17, 2009
    #3
  4. timberwolf

    timberwolf Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    131
    Messages:
    288
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Ubuntu by default would install grub stage1 to the MBR, so if it was me doing this, I would want to know why that had apparently not occurred.

    Things that can prevent grub stage1 being written correctly, sometimes more than one hard drive in a system (i.e. the boot sector gets written to the wrong hard drive), a BIOS setting that protects sector 1, or finger trouble.
     
    timberwolf, Nov 17, 2009
    #4
  5. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

    Reputations:
    1,338
    Messages:
    5,202
    Likes Received:
    22
    Trophy Points:
    206
    that's true....more than one harddrive attached during install could goof that up....but yes, it doesn't even ask anymore where to install grub.
     
    theZoid, Nov 17, 2009
    #5
  6. Sahin

    Sahin ---------------

    Reputations:
    156
    Messages:
    1,578
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Thank You guys very much I will try this out tomorrow unfortunately their is not enough time tonight.
     
    Sahin, Nov 19, 2009
    #6
  7. puter1

    puter1 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    95
    Messages:
    776
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Don't use Ubuntu and you will be saved! :)
     
    puter1, Nov 21, 2009
    #7
  8. xnoxpx

    xnoxpx Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Ubuntu with VirtualBox (OSE) Is "A Savior"
    I used to have one computer at work with Linux (various flavors ), and a second computer(thinkpad) dual booting XP(work) and Linux(home), now with VirtualBox I just run Ubuntu on my thinkpad with XP in a virtual machine ( it runs faster in the VM then the factory install!.

    Plus with seamless display I have the ability to run the two XP apps "on" my Ubuntu desktop.

    And any time I need to test configurations out I just launch a clean copy mess with it till I figure out what I was looking for, the delete it, life is good with Ubuntu!
     
    xnoxpx, Nov 21, 2009
    #8
  9. puter1

    puter1 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    95
    Messages:
    776
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I've had various problems with it yet people keep saying it's the 'best' distro or good for a newbie distro. Mandriva is better. Maybe Fedora and OpenSUSE, too. If you have an older laptop with an ATI card, Ubuntu doesn't seem to be a good choice to me.
     
    puter1, Nov 21, 2009
    #9
  10. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

    Reputations:
    1,338
    Messages:
    5,202
    Likes Received:
    22
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Maybe, no and hell no. :D :D
     
    theZoid, Nov 21, 2009
    #10
  11. puter1

    puter1 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    95
    Messages:
    776
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    You don't have an older ATI card (going by your list) so what are you talking about?
     
    puter1, Nov 22, 2009
    #11