On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 07:51 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > The Wassermans wrote: > > I currently have Ubuntu 8.04 loaded on a SATA and dual boots with > > Windows XP. > > > > Because I needed a clean install of XP, I decided to take the > > opportunity to install XP on a spare PATA drive, Fully expecting to be > > able to simply redirect the dual boot instruction to fire up XP on the > > PATA drive in the same way as it did previously. > > > > At present I can only access the XP when I want to by changing the Boot > > priority in the BIOS each time. It works but I don't like it. > > > > I need some guidance please. >
> Hi Dave, Hello Paul, Thank you for your response and guidance. I have not been checking my mail as I should and missed your post. > > You definitely should be able to do what you're after. What order is > your BIOS set to boot in? SATA first? I have been changing the order manually during boot-up, depending on whether I want Ubuntu or Windows. But I would prefer to have it run selectively from the Sata disk. > > If it's booting from SATA first, then your SATA drive should be (hd0) as > far as grub is concerned, and (hd1) should be PATA, although this may > not hold true for all BIOSes - i'm not sure whether the order is > determined reliably. > > On my system, it's similar (Ubuntu on SATA, Windows on PATA), but > because it books first from PATA, the drive numbers are the other way > around. The relevant parts of my /boot/grub/menu.lst entries look like > this: > I would appreciate it if you would be good enough to have a look at my version of the menu.lst which follows here:- ## ## End Default Options ## title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-22-generic root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-22-generic root=UUID=7a6224b7-43dd-44f1-9615-9fe469473b8f ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic quiet title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-22-generic (recovery mode) root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-22-generic root=UUID=7a6224b7-43dd-44f1-9615-9fe469473b8f ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-21-generic root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic root=UUID=7a6224b7-43dd-44f1-9615-9fe469473b8f ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic quiet title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-21-generic (recovery mode) root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic root=UUID=7a6224b7-43dd-44f1-9615-9fe469473b8f ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=7a6224b7-43dd-44f1-9615-9fe469473b8f ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic quiet title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic (recovery mode) root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=7a6224b7-43dd-44f1-9615-9fe469473b8f ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=7a6224b7-43dd-44f1-9615-9fe469473b8f ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic quiet title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode) root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=7a6224b7-43dd-44f1-9615-9fe469473b8f ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic title Ubuntu 8.04.1, memtest86+ root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin quiet ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian # ones. title Other operating systems: root # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS # on /dev/sda1 title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition root (hd0,0) savedefault makeactive chainloader +1 ----------8<---------- Er, What does "8<" mean? Regards and thanks again. Dave W -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
