first install vista, then install ubuntu ..............there will be no problem
or u can use wubi installer that's a ubuntu intaller under windows. u can install/uninstall it just like any other app. under windows just go thru this: http://www.beyondlinux.blogspot.com On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Parijat Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > I recently got a laptop with a pre-installed vista. Since the partitioning > was super-stupid as usual, I used gparted to resize the windows partition > to > create space for an ubuntu installation. The repartitioning and ubuntu > installation went smoothly. Ubuntu started up fine too. I switched to Vista > and that was running fine too so I thought things were fine. > > However, the next time I booted the system, I got Grub error 22. I used the > Ubuntu live cd to boot the system. fdisk revealed that the new ubuntu > partitions were missing. > > Is this a known issue? Is vista known to overwrite ext3 partitions or > something? Is there any way to avoid this? > > > Parijat > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Best Regards, INDER BAGGA _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
