Dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Hello:

Does anyone know how to add Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (which I've installed
into a logical partition of its own on the only HDD I have in my laptop) to
my Windows 7 Boot Manager? I over-wrote the GRUB boot manager that Ubuntu
installed with the Windows 7 Boot Manager using EasyBCD as it was a beta
version of GRUB.

I tried to add Ubuntu using EasyBCD, but it doesn't work (probably because
Ubuntu comes with the new GRUB2). I get the error message "The selected
entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt"
when I select the Ubuntu entry in the Windows Boot Manager screen.

Please see below the current output of my BCDEdit.exe, after the attempt to
add the Ubuntu entry using EasyBCD.

I have spent hours wading through Ubuntu forums online, but haven't found
anything that's helped.

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
- Rajesh

/************************************************** ***************************/
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
displayorder {current}
{752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 2

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 7
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {752745dd-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
recoveryenabled Yes
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
nx OptIn

Real-mode Boot Sector
---------------------
identifier {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \NST\nst_grub-EA026E752C02C7220EEE70D326268063.mbr
description Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

C:\Windows\system32>
/************************************************** ***************************/

Rajesh Shenoy

EasyBCD 2.0 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=642 is intended
to resolve this, but is still beta and I don't think it works properly yet.


On 07/11/2009 03:03, Rajesh Shenoy wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Does anyone know how to add Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (which I've
> installed into a logical partition of its own on the only HDD I have in
> my laptop) to my Windows 7 Boot Manager? I over-wrote the GRUB boot
> manager that Ubuntu installed with the Windows 7 Boot Manager using
> EasyBCD as it was a beta version of GRUB.
>
> I tried to add Ubuntu using EasyBCD, but it doesn't work (probably
> because Ubuntu comes with the new GRUB2). I get the error message "The
> selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or
> corrupt" when I select the Ubuntu entry in the Windows Boot Manager screen.
>
> Please see below the current output of my BCDEdit.exe, after the attempt
> to add the Ubuntu entry using EasyBCD.
>
> I have spent hours wading through Ubuntu forums online, but haven't
> found anything that's helped.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best regards,
> - Rajesh
>
> /************************************************** ***************************/
>
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
>
> Windows Boot Manager
> --------------------
> identifier {bootmgr}
> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
> description Windows Boot Manager
> locale en-US
> inherit {globalsettings}
> default {current}
> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
> displayorder {current}
> {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
> toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
> timeout 2
>
> Windows Boot Loader
> -------------------
> identifier {current}
> device partition=C:
> path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
> description Windows 7
> locale en-US
> inherit {bootloadersettings}
> recoverysequence {752745dd-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
> recoveryenabled Yes
> osdevice partition=C:
> systemroot \Windows
> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
> nx OptIn
>
> Real-mode Boot Sector
> ---------------------
> identifier {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
> path \NST\nst_grub-EA026E752C02C7220EEE70D326268063.mbr
> description Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
>
> C:\Windows\system32>
> /************************************************** ***************************/
>
>
>

Dominic Payer

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-wubi

Ubuntu offers a Windows Installer



On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:50:43 +0000, Dominic Payer <>
wrote:

>EasyBCD 2.0 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=642 is intended
>to resolve this, but is still beta and I don't think it works properly yet.
>
>
>On 07/11/2009 03:03, Rajesh Shenoy wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>> Does anyone know how to add Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (which I've
>> installed into a logical partition of its own on the only HDD I have in
>> my laptop) to my Windows 7 Boot Manager? I over-wrote the GRUB boot
>> manager that Ubuntu installed with the Windows 7 Boot Manager using
>> EasyBCD as it was a beta version of GRUB.
>>
>> I tried to add Ubuntu using EasyBCD, but it doesn't work (probably
>> because Ubuntu comes with the new GRUB2). I get the error message "The
>> selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or
>> corrupt" when I select the Ubuntu entry in the Windows Boot Manager screen.
>>
>> Please see below the current output of my BCDEdit.exe, after the attempt
>> to add the Ubuntu entry using EasyBCD.
>>
>> I have spent hours wading through Ubuntu forums online, but haven't
>> found anything that's helped.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> - Rajesh
>>
>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>
>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
>> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>
>> C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
>>
>> Windows Boot Manager
>> --------------------
>> identifier {bootmgr}
>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>> description Windows Boot Manager
>> locale en-US
>> inherit {globalsettings}
>> default {current}
>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>> displayorder {current}
>> {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>> toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
>> timeout 2
>>
>> Windows Boot Loader
>> -------------------
>> identifier {current}
>> device partition=C:
>> path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
>> description Windows 7
>> locale en-US
>> inherit {bootloadersettings}
>> recoverysequence {752745dd-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>> recoveryenabled Yes
>> osdevice partition=C:
>> systemroot \Windows
>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>> nx OptIn
>>
>> Real-mode Boot Sector
>> ---------------------
>> identifier {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>> path \NST\nst_grub-EA026E752C02C7220EEE70D326268063.mbr
>> description Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
>>
>> C:\Windows\system32>
>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>
>>
>>

me

I would usually give you step by step instructions but in this case the
answer is so obvious I'll just post the link.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=reinsta...&filt=all&qs=n

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/


"Rajesh Shenoy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello:
>
> Does anyone know how to add Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (which I've installed
> into a logical partition of its own on the only HDD I have in my laptop)
> to my Windows 7 Boot Manager? I over-wrote the GRUB boot manager that
> Ubuntu installed with the Windows 7 Boot Manager using EasyBCD as it was a
> beta version of GRUB.
>
> I tried to add Ubuntu using EasyBCD, but it doesn't work (probably because
> Ubuntu comes with the new GRUB2). I get the error message "The selected
> entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt"
> when I select the Ubuntu entry in the Windows Boot Manager screen.
>
> Please see below the current output of my BCDEdit.exe, after the attempt
> to add the Ubuntu entry using EasyBCD.
>
> I have spent hours wading through Ubuntu forums online, but haven't found
> anything that's helped.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best regards,
> - Rajesh
>
> /************************************************** ***************************/
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
>
> Windows Boot Manager
> --------------------
> identifier {bootmgr}
> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
> description Windows Boot Manager
> locale en-US
> inherit {globalsettings}
> default {current}
> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
> displayorder {current}
> {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
> toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
> timeout 2
>
> Windows Boot Loader
> -------------------
> identifier {current}
> device partition=C:
> path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
> description Windows 7
> locale en-US
> inherit {bootloadersettings}
> recoverysequence {752745dd-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
> recoveryenabled Yes
> osdevice partition=C:
> systemroot \Windows
> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
> nx OptIn
>
> Real-mode Boot Sector
> ---------------------
> identifier {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
> path \NST\nst_grub-EA026E752C02C7220EEE70D326268063.mbr
> description Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
>
> C:\Windows\system32>
> /************************************************** ***************************/
>
>

Kerry Brown

Thanks for the reply, Kerry. Perhaps I had not made my intention clear in my
original post - I don't want to keep GRUB in my MBR. I feel safer with
Windows Boot Manager in charge of my MBR, and that is why I blew GRUB out -
deliberately - in the first place.

Now, I just want to know how I can add the just-released Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic
Koala to the Windows Boot Manager's list (preferably using BCDEdit.exe).
EasyBCD can't do it for this new Ubuntu release, as it's not compatible.
There is a beta version of EasyBCD which is supposed to handle this, but I'm
loathe to trying beta versions especially for such an important task.

So, do you know how I can add the entry (specifically, the newly released
Ubuntu 9.10, and NOT the old Ubuntu versions which I know how to add) to my
Windows Boot Manager?

Thanks,
- Rajesh

"Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
news:...
> I would usually give you step by step instructions but in this case the
> answer is so obvious I'll just post the link.
>
> http://www.bing.com/search?q=reinsta...&filt=all&qs=n
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>
>
> "Rajesh Shenoy" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hello:
>>
>> Does anyone know how to add Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (which I've
>> installed into a logical partition of its own on the only HDD I have in
>> my laptop) to my Windows 7 Boot Manager? I over-wrote the GRUB boot
>> manager that Ubuntu installed with the Windows 7 Boot Manager using
>> EasyBCD as it was a beta version of GRUB.
>>
>> I tried to add Ubuntu using EasyBCD, but it doesn't work (probably
>> because Ubuntu comes with the new GRUB2). I get the error message "The
>> selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or
>> corrupt" when I select the Ubuntu entry in the Windows Boot Manager
>> screen.
>>
>> Please see below the current output of my BCDEdit.exe, after the attempt
>> to add the Ubuntu entry using EasyBCD.
>>
>> I have spent hours wading through Ubuntu forums online, but haven't found
>> anything that's helped.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> - Rajesh
>>
>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
>> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>
>> C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
>>
>> Windows Boot Manager
>> --------------------
>> identifier {bootmgr}
>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>> description Windows Boot Manager
>> locale en-US
>> inherit {globalsettings}
>> default {current}
>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>> displayorder {current}
>> {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>> toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
>> timeout 2
>>
>> Windows Boot Loader
>> -------------------
>> identifier {current}
>> device partition=C:
>> path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
>> description Windows 7
>> locale en-US
>> inherit {bootloadersettings}
>> recoverysequence {752745dd-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>> recoveryenabled Yes
>> osdevice partition=C:
>> systemroot \Windows
>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>> nx OptIn
>>
>> Real-mode Boot Sector
>> ---------------------
>> identifier {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>> path
>> \NST\nst_grub-EA026E752C02C7220EEE70D326268063.mbr
>> description Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
>>
>> C:\Windows\system32>
>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>
>>

Rajesh Shenoy

Thanks for the reply, me. As I had implied in my original post, I already
have Ubuntu installed on my PC. It runs in its own partition with the Ext4
Jounaling File System. Wubi installs Ubuntu on NTFS which is not a very
optimised scenario.

"me" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-wubi
>
> Ubuntu offers a Windows Installer
>
>
>
> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:50:43 +0000, Dominic Payer <>
> wrote:
>
>>EasyBCD 2.0 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=642 is intended
>>to resolve this, but is still beta and I don't think it works properly
>>yet.
>>
>>
>>On 07/11/2009 03:03, Rajesh Shenoy wrote:
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how to add Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (which I've
>>> installed into a logical partition of its own on the only HDD I have in
>>> my laptop) to my Windows 7 Boot Manager? I over-wrote the GRUB boot
>>> manager that Ubuntu installed with the Windows 7 Boot Manager using
>>> EasyBCD as it was a beta version of GRUB.
>>>
>>> I tried to add Ubuntu using EasyBCD, but it doesn't work (probably
>>> because Ubuntu comes with the new GRUB2). I get the error message "The
>>> selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or
>>> corrupt" when I select the Ubuntu entry in the Windows Boot Manager
>>> screen.
>>>
>>> Please see below the current output of my BCDEdit.exe, after the attempt
>>> to add the Ubuntu entry using EasyBCD.
>>>
>>> I have spent hours wading through Ubuntu forums online, but haven't
>>> found anything that's helped.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> - Rajesh
>>>
>>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>>
>>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
>>> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>>
>>> C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
>>>
>>> Windows Boot Manager
>>> --------------------
>>> identifier {bootmgr}
>>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>>> description Windows Boot Manager
>>> locale en-US
>>> inherit {globalsettings}
>>> default {current}
>>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>> displayorder {current}
>>> {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>> toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
>>> timeout 2
>>>
>>> Windows Boot Loader
>>> -------------------
>>> identifier {current}
>>> device partition=C:
>>> path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
>>> description Windows 7
>>> locale en-US
>>> inherit {bootloadersettings}
>>> recoverysequence {752745dd-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>> recoveryenabled Yes
>>> osdevice partition=C:
>>> systemroot \Windows
>>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>> nx OptIn
>>>
>>> Real-mode Boot Sector
>>> ---------------------
>>> identifier {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>>> path \NST\nst_grub-EA026E752C02C7220EEE70D326268063.mbr
>>> description Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
>>>
>>> C:\Windows\system32>
>>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>

Rajesh Shenoy

Sorry, guess I misunderstood the question. See this link:

http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showt...hreadid=150601

The first hit in this search:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=bcdedit...&filt=all&qs=n

I haven't used Ubuntu 9.1. I prefer distros other than Ubuntu. Does 9.1 not
use grub? If that's the case then the above won't work.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/


"Rajesh Shenoy" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thanks for the reply, Kerry. Perhaps I had not made my intention clear in
> my original post - I don't want to keep GRUB in my MBR. I feel safer with
> Windows Boot Manager in charge of my MBR, and that is why I blew GRUB
> out - deliberately - in the first place.
>
> Now, I just want to know how I can add the just-released Ubuntu 9.10
> Karmic Koala to the Windows Boot Manager's list (preferably using
> BCDEdit.exe). EasyBCD can't do it for this new Ubuntu release, as it's not
> compatible. There is a beta version of EasyBCD which is supposed to handle
> this, but I'm loathe to trying beta versions especially for such an
> important task.
>
> So, do you know how I can add the entry (specifically, the newly released
> Ubuntu 9.10, and NOT the old Ubuntu versions which I know how to add) to
> my Windows Boot Manager?
>
> Thanks,
> - Rajesh
>
> "Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I would usually give you step by step instructions but in this case the
>> answer is so obvious I'll just post the link.
>>
>> http://www.bing.com/search?q=reinsta...&filt=all&qs=n
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>>
>>
>> "Rajesh Shenoy" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how to add Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (which I've
>>> installed into a logical partition of its own on the only HDD I have in
>>> my laptop) to my Windows 7 Boot Manager? I over-wrote the GRUB boot
>>> manager that Ubuntu installed with the Windows 7 Boot Manager using
>>> EasyBCD as it was a beta version of GRUB.
>>>
>>> I tried to add Ubuntu using EasyBCD, but it doesn't work (probably
>>> because Ubuntu comes with the new GRUB2). I get the error message "The
>>> selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or
>>> corrupt" when I select the Ubuntu entry in the Windows Boot Manager
>>> screen.
>>>
>>> Please see below the current output of my BCDEdit.exe, after the attempt
>>> to add the Ubuntu entry using EasyBCD.
>>>
>>> I have spent hours wading through Ubuntu forums online, but haven't
>>> found anything that's helped.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> - Rajesh
>>>
>>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
>>> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>>
>>> C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
>>>
>>> Windows Boot Manager
>>> --------------------
>>> identifier {bootmgr}
>>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>>> description Windows Boot Manager
>>> locale en-US
>>> inherit {globalsettings}
>>> default {current}
>>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>> displayorder {current}
>>> {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>> toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
>>> timeout 2
>>>
>>> Windows Boot Loader
>>> -------------------
>>> identifier {current}
>>> device partition=C:
>>> path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
>>> description Windows 7
>>> locale en-US
>>> inherit {bootloadersettings}
>>> recoverysequence {752745dd-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>> recoveryenabled Yes
>>> osdevice partition=C:
>>> systemroot \Windows
>>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>> nx OptIn
>>>
>>> Real-mode Boot Sector
>>> ---------------------
>>> identifier {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>>> path \NST\nst_grub-EA026E752C02C7220EEE70D326268063.mbr
>>> description Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
>>>
>>> C:\Windows\system32>
>>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>>
>>>

Kerry Brown

Thanks for the quick reply, Kerry! I will check the links.

Ubuntu 9.10 ships with a beta version of the new GRUB2 - specifically, the
version 1.97~beta4. From what I've read, this is majorly different from the
old GRUB (now renamed GRUB Legacy), and is quite incompatible with it in its
implementation. I guess this is the reason EasyBCD is broken with the new
Ubuntu.

Thanks, again!

Best regards,
- Rajesh

"Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
news:#...
> Sorry, guess I misunderstood the question. See this link:
>
> http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showt...hreadid=150601
>
> The first hit in this search:
>
> http://www.bing.com/search?q=bcdedit...&filt=all&qs=n
>
> I haven't used Ubuntu 9.1. I prefer distros other than Ubuntu. Does 9.1
> not use grub? If that's the case then the above won't work.
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>
>
> "Rajesh Shenoy" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Thanks for the reply, Kerry. Perhaps I had not made my intention clear in
>> my original post - I don't want to keep GRUB in my MBR. I feel safer with
>> Windows Boot Manager in charge of my MBR, and that is why I blew GRUB
>> out - deliberately - in the first place.
>>
>> Now, I just want to know how I can add the just-released Ubuntu 9.10
>> Karmic Koala to the Windows Boot Manager's list (preferably using
>> BCDEdit.exe). EasyBCD can't do it for this new Ubuntu release, as it's
>> not compatible. There is a beta version of EasyBCD which is supposed to
>> handle this, but I'm loathe to trying beta versions especially for such
>> an important task.
>>
>> So, do you know how I can add the entry (specifically, the newly released
>> Ubuntu 9.10, and NOT the old Ubuntu versions which I know how to add) to
>> my Windows Boot Manager?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Rajesh
>>
>> "Kerry Brown" <*a*m> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> I would usually give you step by step instructions but in this case the
>>> answer is so obvious I'll just post the link.
>>>
>>> http://www.bing.com/search?q=reinsta...&filt=all&qs=n
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kerry Brown
>>> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
>>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rajesh Shenoy" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Hello:
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know how to add Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (which I've
>>>> installed into a logical partition of its own on the only HDD I have in
>>>> my laptop) to my Windows 7 Boot Manager? I over-wrote the GRUB boot
>>>> manager that Ubuntu installed with the Windows 7 Boot Manager using
>>>> EasyBCD as it was a beta version of GRUB.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to add Ubuntu using EasyBCD, but it doesn't work (probably
>>>> because Ubuntu comes with the new GRUB2). I get the error message "The
>>>> selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing
>>>> or corrupt" when I select the Ubuntu entry in the Windows Boot Manager
>>>> screen.
>>>>
>>>> Please see below the current output of my BCDEdit.exe, after the
>>>> attempt to add the Ubuntu entry using EasyBCD.
>>>>
>>>> I have spent hours wading through Ubuntu forums online, but haven't
>>>> found anything that's helped.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> - Rajesh
>>>>
>>>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
>>>> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>>>
>>>> C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
>>>>
>>>> Windows Boot Manager
>>>> --------------------
>>>> identifier {bootmgr}
>>>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>>>> description Windows Boot Manager
>>>> locale en-US
>>>> inherit {globalsettings}
>>>> default {current}
>>>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>>> displayorder {current}
>>>> {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>>> toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
>>>> timeout 2
>>>>
>>>> Windows Boot Loader
>>>> -------------------
>>>> identifier {current}
>>>> device partition=C:
>>>> path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
>>>> description Windows 7
>>>> locale en-US
>>>> inherit {bootloadersettings}
>>>> recoverysequence {752745dd-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>>> recoveryenabled Yes
>>>> osdevice partition=C:
>>>> systemroot \Windows
>>>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>>> nx OptIn
>>>>
>>>> Real-mode Boot Sector
>>>> ---------------------
>>>> identifier {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>>>> path \NST\nst_grub-EA026E752C02C7220EEE70D326268063.mbr
>>>> description Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
>>>>
>>>> C:\Windows\system32>
>>>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>>>
>>>>

Rajesh Shenoy

On 08/11/2009 in message <> Rajesh
Shenoy wrote:

>Thanks for the reply, me. As I had implied in my original post, I already
>have Ubuntu installed on my PC. It runs in its own partition with the Ext4
>Jounaling File System. Wubi installs Ubuntu on NTFS which is not a very
>optimised scenario.

From all accounts you are better using NTFS than Ex4 at the moment

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.

Jeff Gaines

I have Ubuntu & Vista/Win7 on their own hard drives and switch the
boot order in BIOS.


On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:29:48 +1100, "Rajesh Shenoy"
<> wrote:

>Thanks for the reply, me. As I had implied in my original post, I already
>have Ubuntu installed on my PC. It runs in its own partition with the Ext4
>Jounaling File System. Wubi installs Ubuntu on NTFS which is not a very
>optimised scenario.
>
>"me" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>>
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-wubi
>>
>> Ubuntu offers a Windows Installer
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:50:43 +0000, Dominic Payer <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>EasyBCD 2.0 http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=642 is intended
>>>to resolve this, but is still beta and I don't think it works properly
>>>yet.
>>>
>>>
>>>On 07/11/2009 03:03, Rajesh Shenoy wrote:
>>>> Hello:
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know how to add Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala (which I've
>>>> installed into a logical partition of its own on the only HDD I have in
>>>> my laptop) to my Windows 7 Boot Manager? I over-wrote the GRUB boot
>>>> manager that Ubuntu installed with the Windows 7 Boot Manager using
>>>> EasyBCD as it was a beta version of GRUB.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to add Ubuntu using EasyBCD, but it doesn't work (probably
>>>> because Ubuntu comes with the new GRUB2). I get the error message "The
>>>> selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or
>>>> corrupt" when I select the Ubuntu entry in the Windows Boot Manager
>>>> screen.
>>>>
>>>> Please see below the current output of my BCDEdit.exe, after the attempt
>>>> to add the Ubuntu entry using EasyBCD.
>>>>
>>>> I have spent hours wading through Ubuntu forums online, but haven't
>>>> found anything that's helped.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> - Rajesh
>>>>
>>>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
>>>> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>>>
>>>> C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
>>>>
>>>> Windows Boot Manager
>>>> --------------------
>>>> identifier {bootmgr}
>>>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>>>> description Windows Boot Manager
>>>> locale en-US
>>>> inherit {globalsettings}
>>>> default {current}
>>>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>>> displayorder {current}
>>>> {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>>> toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
>>>> timeout 2
>>>>
>>>> Windows Boot Loader
>>>> -------------------
>>>> identifier {current}
>>>> device partition=C:
>>>> path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
>>>> description Windows 7
>>>> locale en-US
>>>> inherit {bootloadersettings}
>>>> recoverysequence {752745dd-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>>> recoveryenabled Yes
>>>> osdevice partition=C:
>>>> systemroot \Windows
>>>> resumeobject {752745db-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>>> nx OptIn
>>>>
>>>> Real-mode Boot Sector
>>>> ---------------------
>>>> identifier {752745e4-b31b-11de-9d5b-da70bae64f63}
>>>> device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
>>>> path \NST\nst_grub-EA026E752C02C7220EEE70D326268063.mbr
>>>> description Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
>>>>
>>>> C:\Windows\system32>
>>>> /************************************************** ***************************/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>

me