Patricia: It won't even recognize the emergency install disc(s) Acer asks you to create using the original pre-installed Win7 OS. The sysresccd or usb drive is a marvelous idea, but no mention of the UEFI or EFI boot program (please see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/hh825112.aspx ).
Jer: The installed Ubuntu (10 or 11 version) does respond to ctl-alt-F1 but it asks for a password. I tried a few that I thought might work, but nothing. Is there a universal password? And, after booting successfully, the Ubuntu OS asks for a password to allow me to use the ADSL modem, so I can't connect to the 'Net. I don't have a liveCD. Summary: I'll try swapping hard drives (if those jumpers don't trip me up), then see if the BIOS hasn't been affected as well. All I have are the Emerg. install disks, or just try to install Ubuntu. If anyone wants to use this as a learning experience, please PM me and I'll try to deliver the Acer 'puter or burn me a disc or flash drive that you just "know" will work :))). Cheers, Sustain On Thu, Jul 2, 2015, at 05:46 PM, Patricia Campbell wrote: > You may want to try http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage > See System Tools GRUB "Multi Bootloaders Install or restore > bootloader. If Microsoft Windows removed a multi bootloader, run it > from this CD, and reinstall it." > > It is probably just a windows install overwriting grub (as usual.) > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Jer <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 >> -- http://www.fastmail.com - IMAP accessible web-mail
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