Trouble with dual boot.
I installed ubuntu off of my laptop and put the Ubunto file system on a 1TB hard drive off of a drive enclosure. Now the only way I can access Windows is if the drive is still connected to the laptop.
NO EXTERNAL HD No BOOT MENU when I boot up. Help anyone? |
I'm no expert but I believe you will have to reinstall a boot loader on the main laptop hard drive.
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Can I just move the file system off of the removable drive onto a partition of the laptop?
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You can, but it won't get used till you reinstall (actually re-setup) grub.
Another option is to setup grub on the external (only) so you then need to select it from a BIOS boot device menu. Most laptops these days have a Fxx key (F12 say) to allow this. That makes the external installation mobile (usable on other machines) - I do it this way. You would also need to repair the MBR on the internal disk - easily done from the Windoze install CD. Pick which you prefer, and we can offer some advice. |
grub version? (1 or 2) must have been installed to the mbr of the main laptop drive, not to the mbr or /boot-partition of the "serial-ata-drive-a/b/cetera-number1/2/... ".
grub needs access to the /boot/* and/boot/grub/* -dirs and binaries so this is a kind of "lock" for a computer also (but no-one wants this unforeseen confusion). to manage to write a windows loading mbr at vista i used "EasyBCD 1.7.2" that can be downloaded somewhere for the case there is only OriginalEquipmentManufacturer-DVD/CD. it was an "nothing to loose" act but everything went fine. btw: ubuntu is not my favorite. and as long as i can remember there is always something with grub (former graphics), lilo works also and just to have a "good looking screen" i don´t need grub. the command line is very good for experienced users, it-people or programmers. if there is another linux partition on the internal HD then try change the entries at /boot/grub/menu.lst (grub1)from ../sdb1 to sda1 f.ex. and the long disk-by-identity (UUID) that is unique number to all the billions or tera-amounts of HD in the world. *.10 means archive and *.04 read to me Quote:
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