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<tt>Thanks. I have several partitions (deliberate choice) so will
learn to live with this. I can get round it by editing grub.cfg, not
'legal' but it seems to work. I presume someone is looking to solve
this grub2 issue. Roger</tt><br>
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On 07/01/2011 08:02, Marcus Jones wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTinuFKVJdgEsW2Whn=cMUEkvCwpgN1uz8De_0D9v@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi Roger,<br>
<br>
The boot problem is a documented problem with GRUB2. If you have more
than 2 partitions, GRUB2 seems to loose the Windows one every time. <br>
<br>
Whilst you may think you only have 2 partitions, quite often there are
actually 2 to do with Windows alone. I think one is a legacy Vista boot
loader or something.<br>
<br>
Have a look at your partitions with gParted or some similar partition
manager. There is probably a small partition there you can actually
delete.<br>
<br>
Been there, got the headache to prove it!<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Marcus<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 6 January 2011 22:50, Roger Gibson <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Using
Ubuntu 10.10 dual booted with windooze7 and having probs with GRUB2.
When I install UBUNTU alongside Windoze7, the installation finds
Windoze OK and it comes up in the boot menu (Disc had already been
repartitioned).<br>
<br>
However if I apply UBUNTU updates, GRUB loses Windoze7, and I can't see
an easy way to keep it. In fact if I do a sudo update-grub immediately
after installing, it does not find the Windoze7 OS. I think I can see
a workaround by putting an explicit Windoze line in grub.d/40_xxxx, or
is that the official way anyway.<br>
<br>
What I don't understand is how UBUNTU 10.10 can see the Windoze7 OS at
installation, put it into the boot menu, but then not see it later on.<br>
<br>
Another bug I've found, and still not fixed concerns Thunderbird. With
earlier versions of LINUX OSes I've had no problem directing
Thunderbird to the same set of data files via profile.ini as I use with
Windoze. However, every now and again it jams in either UBUNTU or
Windoze. It's as if a new flag has been introduced, and if Thunderbird
does not shut down cleanly, a restart from elsewhere gets upset.<br>
<br>
Any ideas? Roger.<br>
<br>
<br>
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