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I run Mint 7 on my main machine but out of interest I loaded Mint4win on my XP machine. Following the release of Ubuntu 9.10 I decided to install this on the XP machine using Wubi. This overwrote the boot entry for Mint. Everything worked OK until I decided to uninstall Mint4win as this deleted the boot entry for Ubuntu.
I found a thread by Merlitz on the Ubuntu forum on how to change the boot.ini file but cannot make it work. My wubi is installed on my f drive and the boot.ini file reads:

[boot loader]

timeout =15

default = multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

f:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu"

Can anyone throw some light on this please as I hope trying Ubuntu out on this machine will highlight any problems that may be encountered with Mint 8 when it is released.

Sorry for the the waiting
Can you clarify what the problem is
Mint4win for Helena does not work and will be excluded in the final version

Husse

This was Mint 7 installed with Mint4Win and Ubuntu 9.10 installed with wubi.

OK I don't think you can have both at the same time - not sure though because that is a Windows bootloader problem
I only have mint4win in Vista - and I realize just now that it is a failed attempt to install Helena that way (not possible because of grub2) so I cant check on how it should be, but your boot.ini looks ok to me

Thanks Husse

I was hoping that Merlitz might see the thread and cast some light on the problem. I do not really want to re-install Ubuntu as I was only using it to test out my hardware prior to the release of Helena.

This is as I stated a Windows bootloader problem for which I have no answer and it would be rather complicated to install wubi or mint4win in XP for me (no spare monitor )
Helena is out, without mint4win for the time being though so I think this is closed