"Well you can boot into Ubuntu following the steps below.
But first, my hard disk configuration is: one disk with 3 partitions:
- 1st one (sda1): is laptop recover data NTFS (came from factory and it's hidden)
- 2nd one (sda2): is where I have Windows (Vista) NTFS installation and from where I installed Ubuntu inside using WUBI.
- 3rd one (sda3): just a data backup NTFS partition
To boot up Ubuntu, just restart computer and choose "Ubuntu" at windows boot menu. When it drops to prompt "sh:grub>" enter the following 4 (four) commands (change it according to your hard disk configuration):
Quote:
set root=(hd0,2)
linux (loop0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda2 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro
initrd (loop0)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
boot
Remember:
1. that you can press TAB key after "(loop0)" and "loop=" to get completion help/guidance.
2. at prompt "sh:grub>" you can type the command 'ls' to list the partitions.
3. (hd0,1) equals to /dev/sda1, (hd0,2) equals to /dev/sda2, (hd0,3) equals to /dev/sda3, ...
You should now be able to boot to Ubuntu.
Once inside Ubuntu, open a console and try to resolve the grub/wubi problem with the following commands (this part I can't confirm that will work):
sudo update-grub
sudo update-grub2
sudo grub-install /dev/sda
sudo grub-install /dev/sda2
I hope this will help you guys.
Regards."