My partitions are:
/dev/sdc1 (Windows XP - boots fine; the drive is acutally "J:" and not "C:", however.)
/dev/sdc2 (extended)
- /dev/sdc5 (ext4 - this is where I installed Mint)
- /dev/sdc6 (linux-swap)
I've tried a few things, including:
1) Updating the boot.ini in Windows after the running the below, per this thread: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 48#p653348
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sudo dd if=/dev/sdc5 bs=512 count=1 > mintMBR.bin
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J:\mintMBR.bin="Mint"
2) Using Gparted (via a live session) to set the flag on /dev/sdc5 to "boot". This gives a message to insert valid media; doesn't recognize that the drive is bootable.
3) As a long shot, used Gparted to set the flag on /dev/sdc2 to "boot". This just results in a blinking cursor that stays on the screen forever.
4) Complete reinstall of Mint to the same partition. I get stuck in the same place.
I'm pretty much a newbie, though I've used Ubuntu for awhile and struggled through stuff like this. Was hoping this would be more seamless, but at any rate... I've exhausted what I can figure out on my own and would appreciate any guidance you can give. I hope I'm missing something basic. (Maybe the partition isn't mounted properly? I don't know.) Thanks in advance!