Dual boot: Vista & Ubuntu 8.10 external Drive gurb error 22

[crayak]

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I am new to Linux and wanted to give it a try I installed ubuntu using the guided install. I was trying to install unbuntu on a external drive that already has data.

I have a 74 GB drive that Vista 64bit is installed, a internal 300GB drive, and a and a 250 GB drive that is external usb. Right now I want to either reverse everything and get Vista up and running, or if possible fix grub to dual boot both.

So far I have tried all of the Vista Bootrec repair options. some say successful, others give me a error.

sudo fdisk -l displays:

Disk /dev/sda: 74.3 GB, 74355769344 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9039 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x0b3f0aeb



Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sda1 * 1 9040 72610816 7 HPFS/NTFS



Disk /dev/sdb: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0xdec8e014



Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdb1 1 262 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sdb2 263 2873 20972857+ 83 Linux

/dev/sdb3 2874 2969 771120 83 Linux

/dev/sdb4 2970 36482 269186453+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)

/dev/sdb5 6791 36482 238492672 7 HPFS/NTFS

/dev/sdb6 2970 6627 29382822 83 Linux

/dev/sdb7 6628 6790 1309266 82 Linux swap / Solaris



Partition table entries are not in disk order



Disk /dev/sdc: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x977aeed8



Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdc1 1 30402 244196352 7 HPFS/NTFS


Any help will be greatly appreciated, please reply soon.

[gooki1]

What is the problem that you are trying to fix? Did you install Ubuntu on a harddrive? When you boot up, does it boot up to Ubuntu? Google GRUB.

Did you forget to feed the Penguin?

[jayd512]

Hello, crayak! Welcome to LinuxForums!

When you boot you machine do you get any OS at all? If not, not a major problem. What I would do (only cuz Windows likes being first), is fix the MBR for it. If you have a Vista install CD, boot to Rescue mode and execute

fixmbr

You should be able to get to Vista after that. If you can get that going, post back and we'll get the Ubuntu going.