Quoting Diana Allen ([email protected]): > System is Toshiba satellite laptop, 2GB ram, Intel Pentium duo-core, Windows > Vista professional, 32 bit.Debian 6.0.1a, from DVD, using graphic installer. > Grub FINDS the Windows system, but apparently FAILS to store the > information.When you finish and reboot, there is NO "other operating system" > and no windows vista in the menu.ALL it lists is debian, normal and "recovery > mode." > Had to erase partition, then reload Debian 5.0.4 which does NOT have this > problem. > Will it work if I load 6.0.1a and NOT install the loader and just leave the > boot loader from 5.0.4, so long as the partition size, number, (in this case > 4, primary,) and location remains the same? > Thank you.
There are some cases like this. Most of the time, you just need to run "update-grub" on the newly installed system and, then, the other OS will be detected properly and will appear in the boot menu. --
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