Why does update-grub not find ubuntu 11.10?
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I've recently installed ubuntu onto my laptop.
With the intention of dual booting with windows 7.
On installation Grub wasn't loading, the computer continued to boot straight into windows.
I loaded a live cd, mounted the installed ubuntu partion (sda6) as /mnt/ and windows boot partition as /mnt/boot
Following the second option here: http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-restore-grub-2-after-reinstalling-windows-xpvistawin7
Through its entirety, so creating a new grub.cfg file.
chroot /mnt update-grub
Did not find ubuntu, just windows 7 and the windows recovery partition. Thinking this might be a weird quirk that as I was in ubuntu (all be it a live cd) it might not list ubuntu I restarted. Grub loaded but ubuntu was nowhere to be seen.
How can I add ubuntu with Grub2? I could have fixed this myself in old grub but I'm pretty much in the dark here.
Thanks
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