Ubuntu - Dual Boot capabilty & GRUB errs
Over one yr ago i tried running a "dual boot" config: Win XP on first HD and Ubuntu on the second. Too often GRUB errs (usually # 17) would occur which required un-install & re-install of Ubuntu to allow access to Win. After several of these disasters i gave up. Ubuntu was removed & not replaced. But hope springs eternal so i'd like to try it again. IMHO there are several choices:
(1) re-install latest & greatest Ubuntu release on second HD determined to continue testing until cause of future possible GRUB err is determined (2) cowards approach - just run Ubuntu from CD without installing on HD (3) consider another distro Any advice will be greatly appreciated since i'd really like to learn abt Ubuntu without tears & fears. Thanx. Bob Newbie Palm Bay, FL |
put ubuntu in 1st HDD
in case you are feeling not good about loading windows from grub/lilo then do the other way about use the windows boot loader. While installing ubuntu, just ask it to install the boot loader in the partition where the / resides instead of in the MBR. load into rescue mode and dump first 1024 bytes of your boot loader of the / partition into a file ; say unix.boot # dd if=/dev/<the device where the boot loader is present> of=/tmp/unix.boot bs=1024 count=1 copy this unix.boot file to windows partition c:\ (you can either do this by mounting the partition and copying it or by copying the unix.boot to a mem stick and then booting into windows and copying from the memstick) edit boot.ini and at the end just add a line c:\unix.boot = "Ubuntu linux" where c:\unix.boot is the boot loader dump you had stored ! this way you are not afride of messing up with the bootloader Now when you load windows, windows will show a menu asking to chose between linux and windows whola ! you are there ! |
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