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On linux IDE HDs are called /dev/hda for the first disk /dev/hdb for
the second etc.... Partions are called /dev/hda1 for the first partition on the first disk /dev/hda2 for the second etc ... One way to find out which disk is which is to use a partition manager (parted, gparted or something) and see what kind of partition is on it. (CAREFUL: do not make any changes in the partition manager, you might loose data, just have a look) The disk dedicated to linux probabbly has a swap partition. The one with windows has an NTFS filesystem on it. Another way to find out which partition is which is to try and mount it and look at what's inside. Open a terminal window, then as root (use "sudo" if using ubuntu) do "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt"; You should get a message saying something like partition of type X mounted ...". Now a simple "ls /mnt" and you should get a good idea of what partition it is. Remember to do "umount /dev/hda1" before trying the next one, so as not to mount a bunch of file systems on top of each other. Once you know where you grub config file is it should be easy to set up grub again ... but I never had a dual boot with XP so I can't help much there. Philip Jonathan Cassar wrote: Hi, |
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