Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / Ubuntu Boot Loader

Author
Message
Big Man
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Feb 2005
Location: BEHIND YOU!!!! (but I live in England)
Posted: 10th Oct 2008 11:12
Link
Hi

I recently decided that I was going to give Ubuntu a go and made myself a live CD.I had to install the dual boot screen so that I could run Ubuntu from the CD.
Now that I have fully installed Ubuntu I am presented with the GRUB loader and the secondary boot loader that I originally installed to try the OS out. I now want to get rid of the secondary boot loader because I have no need for it and its annoying that it comes up every time i choose to load vista. Is there anyway of getting rid of it?

If you dont understand what I am talking about please feel free to ask because im fairly tired and I may not have explained properly

Cheers
BM

Our aim is to keep the loo's clean, your aim can help.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Roxas
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Nov 2005
Location: http://forum.thegamecreators.com
Posted: 10th Oct 2008 15:03 Edited at: 10th Oct 2008 15:04
Link
I suggest using ubuntu forum really dude Its much better for these questions. I dont know about that menu (is it the esc menu? at startup)

If it is that you could try to edit the grub.lst file i think it was on /etc/boot/ not sure.

Back to top
Profile PM Email
moo cow
User Banned
Posted: 10th Oct 2008 20:29
Link
aren't they bringing out a new one soon? that totem bbc plug-in sounds good.
Back to top
Profile
bitJericho
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Oct 2002
Location: United States
Posted: 10th Oct 2008 20:53
Link
Hmm, the second bootloader's going to be really tough to get rid of. So it goes from grub to third party to vista boot loader? Ick! Good luck!

I'd give suggestions, but I suspect anythign I recommend will leave you without the ability to boot up


It's not just for BYOND you know!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Mahoney
16
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 14th Apr 2008
Location: The Interwebs
Posted: 10th Oct 2008 22:27
Link
What is the secondary boot loader? I assume you mean something along the lines of Easy BCD (?). If so, don't get rid of it. You need to make sure that Vista has dominance during boot-up, not Linux. Trust me on that.

Windows Vista Home Premium Intel Pentium Dual-Core 1.6 Ghz 1GB DDR2 RAM GeForce 8600GT Twin Turbo
Back to top
Profile PM
bitJericho
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Oct 2002
Location: United States
Posted: 10th Oct 2008 23:16
Link
Quote: "What is the secondary boot loader? I assume you mean something along the lines of Easy BCD (?). If so, don't get rid of it. You need to make sure that Vista has dominance during boot-up, not Linux. Trust me on that."


Depends on which one you use more. For a while I was using Ubuntu exclusively. Then I started getting into more game playing, and have been having windows boot up. Anyway, the linux boot list, I believe you could just rearrange things there instead of using a different boot loader entirely


It's not just for BYOND you know!
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Big Man
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Feb 2005
Location: BEHIND YOU!!!! (but I live in England)
Posted: 12th Oct 2008 11:22
Link
basically when you install ubuntu you can run it from CD. In order to do that I told it to install a temporary boot loader on my system so that I can choose whether to run Ubuntu from the CD or start up vista. When you run vista from CD you can then install it to your system, this in turn installs the GRUB boot loader.

I have to go through both loaders to get into vista :S

BM

Our aim is to keep the loo's clean, your aim can help.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Big Man
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Feb 2005
Location: BEHIND YOU!!!! (but I live in England)
Posted: 13th Oct 2008 15:38
Link
Not to worry I think I've figured it out

BM

Our aim is to keep the loo's clean, your aim can help.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
soapyfish
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Oct 2003
Location: Yorkshire, England
Posted: 13th Oct 2008 17:33
Link
If you've fixed the problem it's always handy to let people know what you did to solve it, just in case anybody with a similar problem in the future finds this thread through a forum search and wants to know what you did to fix it. Cheers.


My Groovy Webhole :: 56k Friendly
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
JoelJ
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 8th Sep 2003
Location: UTAH
Posted: 13th Oct 2008 21:28
Link
Quote: "basically when you install ubuntu you can run it from CD. In order to do that I told it to install a temporary boot loader on my system so that I can choose whether to run Ubuntu from the CD or start up vista. "


actually, no you don't. You edit the bios and set the boot order to have the CD Rom drive before the HDD. (Generally it should be that way anyway.) That way when your computer is booting it'll check the CDRom drive and see if it's bootable, if it is, it'll boot from that or say "hit a key to boot from cd..." otherwise it'll go to your HDD.


IntelCore2Duo@2.60GHz-4GB RAM-NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M-Windows Vista Business 32bit
Back to top
Profile PM Website
Big Man
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Feb 2005
Location: BEHIND YOU!!!! (but I live in England)
Posted: 13th Oct 2008 23:46
Link
Quote: "actually, no you don't. You edit the bios and set the boot order to have the CD Rom drive before the HDD. (Generally it should be that way anyway.) That way when your computer is booting it'll check the CDRom drive and see if it's bootable, if it is, it'll boot from that or say "hit a key to boot from cd..." otherwise it'll go to your HDD."


I didnt realise at the time and ubuntu give you the option to install a boot loader.

There is a file on ubuntus system folder that i discovered is the boot loader which when deleted removes the loader.

BM

Our aim is to keep the loo's clean, your aim can help.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-11-20 18:29:18
Your offset time is: 2024-11-20 18:29:18