multiple boot instances

shorty28898shorty28898
edited July 2009 in Science & Tech
i installed ubuntu, and then something happened so i had to re install it. when i did that, when i boot the computer, it gives me 2 ubuntus and a vista. in the boot.ini it says only 1 ubuntu and 1 vista, but when i boot up there are 2 ubuntus. i uninstalled ubuntu,. but there is still 1 more ubuntu when i boot up the computer.

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  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    Did you install through WUBI or an actual install?
  • shorty28898shorty28898
    edited July 2009
    Snarkasm wrote:
    Did you install through WUBI or an actual install?
    not through wubi, through ubuntu itself, doesnt the new ubuntu use wubi now though?
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    The new Ubuntu only installs through Wubi if you install it through Windows. If you installed Ubuntu by booting the live CD and installing then you probably now have an actual Ubuntu install on it's own partition, an Ubuntu Wubi install and your Vista install.
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    The Wubi-based install should only show up in the Vista bootloader, though; GRUB should only show one Ubuntu and one Windows booter, I think... unless it managed to detect your other Ubuntu installation at configuration time.

    If so, you'll have to uninstall the other Ubuntu and reinstall or reconfigure GRUB, most likely.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    I believe that the Ubuntu bootloader copies anything that's in the Windows bootloader. Not positive on that. The other possibility is that it's just displaying two different Ubuntu kernels. Any time there's a kernel update the new kernel is listed in the bootloader as well as the old kernel unless you remove the old kernel (disclaimer: which is in no way necessary and you shouldn't do it if you don't know what you're doing)
  • trolltroll Windsor, Nova Scotia Icrontian
    edited July 2009
    My Ubuntu 9.04 was showed two kernels as well as the Vista (bootloader) since the update...

    I just removed the earlier one...

    Get a copy of Startup Manager as well... sudo apt-get install startupmanager

    Good for when you want to set default boot etc...
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