Follow-up Comment #3, bug #15048 (project grub): GRUB and LILO work differently, and maybe once WindowsXP is run, the GRUB stage1 bootloader reamins but the stage2 (the chain-loader) is being overwritten by Windows XP. The bootloader can be installed in the disc (hda in your case), or on the parition (for example hda4). Maybe your falvour of Linux has made the wrong decisions on how to install GRUB.
SuSE Linux for example configures GRUB properly for dual boot with Windows XP, but your flavour of Linux (Ubuntu) might not. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+Win9x+Grub-HOWTO/index.html SATA drives are listed in the BIOS and when you open the computer you will see that the connector is extra thin (not a ribbon). These discs may appear as sd (to GRUB) instead of hd (to Linux), and this may confuse GRUB. You seem to have only 1 41GB disc with 6 partitions, including what looks like Windows95: which boot loader did you use befor installing Linux: the Windows XP boot loader or the Windows95 (if any) boot loader? The Ubuntu bugzilla is separate, and maybe you should report this bug to the Ubunto bugzilla alone. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=15048> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
