Adding Ubuntu to the boot manager

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  1. Posts : 13,354
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       #11

    Boy, I just don't want GRUB *infecting* my hard drive.
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  2. Posts : 73
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       #12

    Jonathan King said:
    Boy, I just don't want GRUB *infecting* my hard drive.
    You don't have to. That link to EASYBCD is what you want.
    With EasyBCD you don't have to copy the Grub boot sector files to
    C:\. Just follow this tutorial:Ubuntu - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki
    and download Easy BCD. In fact when I set up my dual-boot I will also use EasyBCD.
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  3. Posts : 13,354
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       #13

    I hate to be a pain, but I really do not want to use EasyBCD. It really messes up my boot loader entries. If I can find a better way, great. If not, then thank you, I will take your advice.
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  4. Posts : 11,840
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       #14

    Well, you can always re-install if you really want to...
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  5. Posts : 13,354
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       #15

    True.

    Ha! I got a new error message! "The forum requires you to wait 30 seconds between posts".
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  6. Posts : 73
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       #16

    Jonathan King said:
    I hate to be a pain, but I really do not want to use EasyBCD. It really messes up my boot loader entries. If I can find a better way, great. If not, then thank you, I will take your advice.
    In that case use this:How to Dual Boot Windows 7 and Linux using BCDEdit | iceflatline
    tutorial which uses the native Windows bootloader. Again you will need to copy the first 512 bytes of Grub's stage one to the root of C:\ The tutorial explains how this is done.
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  7. Posts : 13,354
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       #17

    ManyBeers said:
    Jonathan King said:
    I hate to be a pain, but I really do not want to use EasyBCD. It really messes up my boot loader entries. If I can find a better way, great. If not, then thank you, I will take your advice.
    In that case use this:How to Dual Boot Windows 7 and Linux using BCDEdit | iceflatline
    tutorial which uses the native Windows bootloader. Again you will need to copy the first 512 bytes of Grub's stage one to the root of C:\ The tutorial explains how this is done.
    Thanks, I will try it out when I get home to my own machine.
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  8. Posts : 13,354
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       #18

    I tried it, and I got the following error message:
    Cannot load from harddisk
    Insert Systemdisk and press any key
    What does this mean?
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  9. Posts : 16,131
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       #19

    Not sure what you are doing with Easybcd to make it "mess up your entries". It never does that to mine.

    Have you tried the new Easybcd 2.0 ?

    http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=642
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  10. Posts : 13,354
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       #20

    SIW2 said:
    Not sure what you are doing with Easybcd to make it "mess up your entries". It never does that to mine.

    Have you tried the new Easybcd 2.0 ?

    EasyBCD 2.0 Beta Builds - The NeoSmart Forums
    There seems to be a problem. Apparently I need an account with them?
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