reactivate ubuntu 8.04 ?

On Aug 26, 5:03 am, Andrew Halliwell <spi... DeleteThis @ponder.sky.com> wrote:
> Sydney <kay... DeleteThis @free.fr> wrote:
> > Hi There
> > I had a PC with Windows XP and ubuntu 8.04 . I had to repare win xp with the
> > original CD-ROM.
> > Now Ubuntu is gone although I see its partition with Partition Magic as well
> > as the swap partition.
> > Is there a way to reactivate ?
>
> Boot up from a linux cd and (at the command line as root or via sudo)
> run grub-install
>
> The problem is, microsoft deliberately sets up their piles of junk to nuke
> any bootloader other than their own.
>
> It's sabotage really. Deliberate and premeditated.
>
> Trouble is no-one calls them on it, it'd be an interesting lawsuit.

It's actually a standard practice by most OS installers, and has been
for years. Graceful dual-boot systems are a relatively new concept,
and it's understandable (though lamentable) that Windows cannot be
bothered to detect and leave alone your old one.

And by the way. 'grub-install' usually requires an option, a location
to install the boot loader. In most modern systems the command is:

> grub-install /dev/sda

But it may vary depending on where you put or want your boot loader,
and it certainly will *not* operate from a linux CD environment
without the Linux client operating system mounted and having done a
chroot to it, typically with this command under RHEL or Fedora:

> chroot /mnt/sysimage

Once you've done this, you should be able to review the contents of /
etc/grub.conf or /boot/grub/menu.conf to see what the settings are
currently and whether anything needs changing. Do feel free to boot
with a CD, save the contents of this file somewhere, and post them if
you need more help.

Sydney wrote:

> Hi There
> I had a PC with Windows XP and ubuntu 8.04 . I had to repare win xp
> with the original CD-ROM.
> Now Ubuntu is gone although I see its partition with Partition Magic
> as well as the swap partition.
> Is there a way to reactivate ?

Your MBR was hosed. Recreate it.

Baho Utot wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:57:00 +0200, Sydney wrote:
>
>> Hi There
>> I had a PC with Windows XP and ubuntu 8.04 . I had to repare win xp with
>> the original CD-ROM.
>> Now Ubuntu is gone although I see its partition with Partition Magic as
>> well as the swap partition.
>> Is there a way to reactivate ?
>
> google grub install
yeah. Windoze has blatted the boot system. Restore it and all will be well.

Baho Utot wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:57:00 +0200, Sydney wrote:
>
>> Hi There
>> I had a PC with Windows XP and ubuntu 8.04 . I had to repare win xp with
>> the original CD-ROM.
>> Now Ubuntu is gone although I see its partition with Partition Magic as
>> well as the swap partition.
>> Is there a way to reactivate ?
>
> google grub install

Better yet boot from your Ubuntu disk, open your terminal
and type in:
> man sudo
followed by
> man grub-install
and finally
> ls /dev/sd??

Those three commands should tell you everything you need to know.

Sydney <kayzen.DeleteThis@free.fr> wrote:
: Hi There
: I had a PC with Windows XP and ubuntu 8.04 . I had to repare win xp with the
: original CD-ROM.
: Now Ubuntu is gone although I see its partition with Partition Magic as well
: as the swap partition.
: Is there a way to reactivate ?

Although running grub-install after booting the Ubuntu Desktop CD into
"Live Mode" is one option, I prefer using the "Rescue Mode" on Ubuntu's
Alternate CD... After selecting the Root Partition there should be an
Option:

Reinstall GRUB Boot Loader

Which can restore GRUB to your Boot Disk's MBR, which the Windows XP
Restore Function has over written with its own Boot Loader...

Lawrence Houston -- (ubuntu@greenfield.dyndns.org)

"Lawrence Houston" <houston RemoveThis @greenfield.dyndns.org> a écrit dans le message
de news: h7ovse$5un$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> Sydney <kayzen RemoveThis @free.fr> wrote:
> : Hi There
> : I had a PC with Windows XP and ubuntu 8.04 . I had to repare win xp with
> the
> : original CD-ROM.
> : Now Ubuntu is gone although I see its partition with Partition Magic as
> well
> : as the swap partition.
> : Is there a way to reactivate ?
>
> Although running grub-install after booting the Ubuntu Desktop CD into
> "Live Mode" is one option, I prefer using the "Rescue Mode" on Ubuntu's
> Alternate CD... After selecting the Root Partition there should be an
> Option:
>
> Reinstall GRUB Boot Loader
>
> Which can restore GRUB to your Boot Disk's MBR, which the Windows XP
> Restore Function has over written with its own Boot Loader...
>
> Lawrence Houston -- (ubuntu@greenfield.dyndns.org)

For the time being, most of what was said about my problem is above my
knowledge in Ubuntu.
So I reinstalled with the original CD and I have recovered the grubb (Is
this correctly said ?) and my original 7.10 updated to 8.04 2.6 24 16
Ubuntu system.
In addition I have in the start up screen Ubuntu 7.10 2.6 22 14from the CD
disc w/o update and
8.04 2.6 22 14 .
Question How do I get ride of that ?
thanks a lot

Sydney wrote:
> "Lawrence Houston" <houston DeleteThis @greenfield.dyndns.org> a 嶰rit dans le message
> de news: h7ovse$5un$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Sydney <kayzen DeleteThis @free.fr> wrote:
>> : Hi There
>> : I had a PC with Windows XP and ubuntu 8.04 . I had to repare win xp with
>> the
>> : original CD-ROM.
>> : Now Ubuntu is gone although I see its partition with Partition Magic as
>> well
>> : as the swap partition.
>> : Is there a way to reactivate ?
>>
>> Although running grub-install after booting the Ubuntu Desktop CD into
>> "Live Mode" is one option, I prefer using the "Rescue Mode" on Ubuntu's
>> Alternate CD... After selecting the Root Partition there should be an
>> Option:
>>
>> Reinstall GRUB Boot Loader
>>
>> Which can restore GRUB to your Boot Disk's MBR, which the Windows XP
>> Restore Function has over written with its own Boot Loader...
>>
>> Lawrence Houston -- (ubuntu@greenfield.dyndns.org)
>
> For the time being, most of what was said about my problem is above my
> knowledge in Ubuntu.
> So I reinstalled with the original CD and I have recovered the grubb (Is
> this correctly said ?) and my original 7.10 updated to 8.04 2.6 24 16
> Ubuntu system.
> In addition I have in the start up screen Ubuntu 7.10 2.6 22 14from the CD
> disc w/o update and
> 8.04 2.6 22 14 .
> Question How do I get ride of that ?
> thanks a lot
>
>
Google purge old kernels grub