installed windows on kubuntu?

[brohitv]

i had installed windows on kubuntu and i am not able to acces kubuntu

can any one please help me ?

[integr8e]

Re: installed windows on kubuntu?

What do you mean you installed Windows on Kubuntu? Did you install Windows on top of an existing Kubuntu installation?

[brohitv]

Re: installed windows on kubuntu?

ya i have installed windows after i have installed kubuntu (i mean in another drive)

[integr8e]

Re: installed windows on kubuntu?

OK, you had me worried you'd wiped your Kubuntu partition Do you still have the Kubuntu installation CD? You'll need it to reinstall the GRUB bootloader to your MBR (Master Boot Record); when you (re)install Windows after you install Kubuntu, it automatically overrides your MBR and installs its own bootloader.

[brohitv]

Re: installed windows on kubuntu?

then can u say what can i do exactly to solve the problem
with out installing kubuntu or windows again

[integr8e]

Re: installed windows on kubuntu?

Yes; all you have to do is boot to the CD and run the following command from a console:

sudo grub-install hd0; sudo update-grub

That should do it (there's no need to reinstall Kubuntu)

[Bongo5HH]

Re: installed windows on kubuntu?

Yes; all you have to do is boot to the CD and run the following command from a console:

sudo grub-install hd0; sudo update-grub

That should do it (there's no need to reinstall Kubuntu)

Oh ya.. where were you 4 months ago lol sounds simple enough when YOU explain it.

Kev

[Qqmike]

Re: installed windows on kubuntu?

Yeah, and I notice how integr8e likes to use the grub shell within Kubuntu ...

[integr8e]

Re: installed windows on kubuntu?

Yeah, and I notice how integr8e likes to use the grub shell within Kubuntu ...

It seems to work well for me (usually)

[Qqmike]

Re: installed windows on kubuntu?

Actually, yes, it should work (usually). As long as it probes the devices right (or uses a correct device.map). It's risky because if it doesn't get the devices correct, then the commands will be applied to, well, to the wrong devices.
The native GRUB (the one you see at the grub> when you fire up your PC) always gets the drives right (and you know what they are by using geometry (hd<Tab completion>. One nice thing is--I believe--that sudo update-grub generates a new menu.lst, isn't that right? (I've not used the Linux grub shell.)

[integr8e]

Re: installed windows on kubuntu?

Yes, it does and backs up the old one.