On 18-Apr-07 22:07:01, elc@freeola.net wrote:
I'm dual booting win98SE and Ubuntu, and have had a choice menu on bootup of either Ubuntu or windows, Ubuntu being the default. Due to a need of having to re-install win98SE, I have now lost this menu option and thus cannot access linux. How can I get this menu choice back. Thanks elc
The problem is that on re-installing Windows, the Windows installation over-wrote your Master Boot Record (the first 512 bytes on the HD).
You previous MBR contained a pointer to the GRUB boot-loader (or in some other cases LILO, but Ubuntu uses GRUB), which then brought up the menu. Now this has gone.
Thsi problem gets raised often. The posts in the following URL look useful:
http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/10/20/backing-up-the-mbr/
but, to be honest, I'm shooting a bit in the dark here (thoug on your behalf ... ) since I've never been in that situation myself. So I hope there are readers whose specific experience of successful rescue will give really reliable advice!
Good luck, and best wishes, Ted.
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