@jatin: Excellent tutorial. Thanks. Regards Narendra Diwate
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 17:02, Jkhatri <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ravi > > Hope following will help > ---------------------------------------------------- > 1) Boot using your live CD : > ---------------------------------------------------- > • Select " Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer " > • Once you've login to desktop run Terminal ( Application > Accessories > > Terminal ) > • Change to root, using this [enter *BOLD* lines] command in Terminal: > > ubu...@ubuntu:~$* sudo -i* > r...@ubuntu:~# > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2) Find Partition location of your Ubuntu: > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > r...@ubuntu:~# *fdisk -l* > Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x10031003 > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 6374 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 6375 19457 105089197+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/sda5 6375 11473 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda6 11474 19457 64131448+ 83 Linux *<--- Here* > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 3) Creat mount-point for ubuntu's partition > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > r...@ubuntu:~# *mkdir /media/root* > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 4) Mount the partition using this line > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > r...@ubuntu:~# *mount /dev/sda6 /media/root* > --------------------------------------------------------------- > 5) Confirm your root location by typing this line: > -------------------------------------------------------------- > o...@ubuntu:~#* ls /media/root* > bin dev initrd.img lib32 media proc selinux tmp vmlinuz > boot etc initrd.img.old lib64 mnt root srv usr vmlinuz.old > cdrom home lib lost+found opt sbin sys var > > > If those lines above appear, go to the step 6 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 6) proceed by installing GRUB2 > ----------------------------------------------------------- > r...@ubuntu:~# *sudo grub-install --root-directory=/media/root /dev/sda* > Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the > device map > /media/root/boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any > of the lines is > incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (hd0) /dev/sda > > ---------------------------------------- > 7) Reboot your system > *------------------------------------------ > If in any case you do not see windows xp in GRUB menu do the following > steps to resolve the issue * > > 1) Boot into your ubuntu > > 2) go to the terminal > > ( you just need to update you grub so that it can find the windows > installation, this can be done by the following command ) > > usern...@systemname:~$ *sudo update-grub2* > [sudo] password for ubuntu: > Generating grub.cfg ... > Found Debian background: apollo.tga > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-15-generic > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic > Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin > Found Windows xp (loader) on /dev/sda1 > done > > 3) try reboot again , now you will see windows xp in grub menu > > > > Regards > -- > > Jatin Khatri > > Web www.khatrijatin.co.nr > > www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jatin > > Phone (+91) 98250 20393 > > Save Paper, Save Environment.** > *(Plant at least one tree in your life and nurture it !!!)* > > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > >
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