[ltp] Booting problem after install of Ubuntu Alternative 6.10 on X41 Tablet

Tony K. linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:05:50 -0500


I have used GParted Live CD to create space to install Linux.  The
partitions looked like...

/dev/sda1 ~26GB Windows XP installed
unallocated space ~25GB
/dev/sda2 ~4GB (Restore and Recovery)

I used Ubuntu 6.10 Alternative CD to install Ubuntu on the unallocated
space.  During the Grub boot loading process I told it not to use MBR
but to install in /dev/sda3 instead.

After installation, when it rebooted was not able to detect *ANY* OS
(including Windows).

At present my partition table looks like...
/dev/sda1 ntfs ~26GB (windows)
/dev/sda3 ext3 ~25GB
/dev/sda4 extended ~1GB
    /dev/sda5 linux-swap ~1GB
unallocated ~6.5 MB
/dev/sda2 fat32 (restore and recovery)

Shouldn't I still be able to boot into Windows?  Can I rescue my
Windows install?