Grub Installation?

[meztek]

I've got a computer I'm working on that I want to dual boot windows vista (which was already on there) and ubuntu.

I added ubuntu with clonezilla in another partition, and I don't get a boot menu when I start up the computer. The f12 boot menu shows only the hdd, not any particular OS.

My hdd partitions are as follows:

/dev/sda1 (DellUtility) fat16 - 47MiB
/dev/sda2 () extended - 10GiB
/dev/sda5 (RECOVERY) ntfs - 5GiB
/dev/sda6 (Swap) - linux-swap - 4.99GiB
unallocated - 4.2 (came about from gparted "rounding to cylinders")
/dev/sda3 (OS) ntfs - 110.78GiB
/dev/sda4 (blank... but before clonezilla worked its magic, was labeled "Ubuntu") ext4 - 112GiB

I have no idea how to install grub... so first I'm hoping I can get some pointers. Second, I really want to keep the current partition table, since I've already worked so much on it. Hopefully that's possible.

The only clear instructions I could find for installing grub is for putting it on a CD/floppy. That's not optimal though... because I'd rather not have a floppy running all the time just for my bootloader. I've read about installing it into the MBR, but that surpasses my current knowledge in the area.

Any tips/instructions? How can I boot back into ubuntu without grub?

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

So did you install GRUB at all when trying to setup your machine?
If not, then the easiest method would be to get your hands on a Ubuntu CD. Preferably one of the same version that you are trying to dual-boot with.
Then, take a look at the steps laid out here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gr...stalling_GRUB2