First thing to try is to boot directly to your win drive in bios. If that's goodthen all you need is to get grub set up. On Jun 6, 2011 2:06 AM, "Brian Cluff" wrote: > The update-grub command (which just points to grub-mkconfig) just > assembles grub's config file. The MBR remains unchanged until you do a > grub-install, so your drives should be 100% intact unless you've done > something to them trying to "fix" them. > > That being said, other OSes are added to the grub menu via the os-prober > package. If you don't want them to show up at all, you can simply > remove that package... but I'll bet you want at least one of them to > show up. > > Larry is probably right in that the os-prober is simply finding some > left over remnant from a previous windows install that probably doesn't > do anything, so you can just safely ignore it and just use the menu item > that does work. > > Brian Cluff > > > On 06/05/2011 11:29 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: >> Carlton, >> >> Doing the sudo update=grub would have replaced the MBR on sda unless >> you specified otherwise. That should not be a problem unless you >> actually WANT to be unplugging and plugging drive to change what boots. >> The Win7 loader it found for sdb is probably an artifact of how it was >> formatted. It should not work if it is a data drive as you say. It is >> possible to remove that entry from the grub menu but you need to do it >> correctly. >> >> I am not sure you are up to this but here is link to a discussion of >> doing this. >> http://www.bodhilinux.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1028-how-to-grub2-hide-windows-recovery-partition/ >> >> If you are not sure of yourself doing this, ypu could bring your system >> to an installfest and I can do it for you. >> >> Larry >> >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Carlton Brooks > > wrote: >> >> I have 3 HARD DRIVES. Drive 1 (sda) is a Windows 7 Drive. Drive 2 (sdb) >> is a data drive. Drive 3 (sdc) is an Ubuntu 11.04 drive. >> >> I just upgraded to 11.04 by disconnecting sda and sdb. I then installed >> 11.04. I then reconnect all the drives >> >> After install I did a sudo update-grub. It displayed the following >> >> Generating grub.cfg ... >> Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic >> Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic >> Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin >> Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1 >> Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sdb1 >> done >> >> I have no idea why 2 Windows. >> >> Then ran fdisk -l. It displayed the following >> >> Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000203804160 bytes >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> Disk identifier: 0xda607973 >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sda1 * 1 121601 976759008+ b W95 FAT32 >> >> Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000203804160 bytes >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> Disk identifier: 0xda607971 >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sdb1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS >> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. >> /dev/sdb2 13 121601 976656384 7 HPFS/NTFS >> >> Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> Disk identifier: 0x0009ca99 >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sdc1 * 1 120558 968373248 83 Linux >> /dev/sdc2 120558 121602 8386561 5 Extended >> /dev/sdc5 120558 121602 8386560 82 Linux swap / >> Solaris >> >> Now when I boot up it shows the grub menu, and lists all the choices, >> but when the Windows sda1 is picked it reboots. When sdb1 is picked it >> says I have a windows error. >> >> I beleive I have corrupted or destroyed the Windows MBR or Boot Record. >> I have attempted to fix it using the Windows disk but still does not >> work. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Carlton Brooks >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dazed_75 a.k.a. 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