On 15-07-01 10:49 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Yes, I will try a live CD. But I have tried the commands with a rescue
disc - is it ctl E or F or D - I have tried those, but the MBR seems to
have disappeared (this was described as Win upgrades playing "nasty" on
one of the sites), so I can't force a boot from the DVD/CDRom.
Stranger still is that the Win7 control panel allows you to boot to
Ubuntu (it sees the partition(s)), but my particular install of an older
Ubuntu (Natty Narwhale or similar) doesn't have a terminal window that I
can find. And, during the boot, no command line is
available.
The Acer is a 64 bit cpu, if that helps. Is it possible that the
automatic Win upgrades forced a new-fangled UEFI boot sector that
this older Ubuntu will never recognize?
Once you boot into ubuntu press CTRL-ALT-F1 this should bring you to a
console.
I think all you need to do is repair/reinstall grub. Windows overwrote
it when it installed. This can be done from inside ubuntu or from a
livecd. The link I gave shows how to use the tool in either case.
Jer
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