On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 13:39 +0000, norman wrote: > > What I suggest is to install windows xp, wipe the hard drive( are you > > installing to the satat drive? If so you need the driver for the sata > > device.) and start all over again. After xp works setup the dual boot. > > I am sorry Daniel but I am not quite sure what you mean. Yes I am > installing to the SATA drive on which I have Ubuntu installed. My idea > is that the Windows installation process will remove Ubuntu when it > formats the drive and then continue to install XP. After that I would > hope to install Ubuntu and thus get a dual boot system. I fail to see > what you mean by a driver for the SATA device. > > My problem is that the XP process starts as it should do but stops part > the way through and will not restart. > > Norman > > You shouldn't need a SATA driver (but sometimes you do) when you install windows. If you are using something like Silicon Image as a SATA RAID controller (even if you are not using RAID) then you will need a driver. In theory however, Windows wouldn't even detect the HDD in the first place when installing so i wouldn't worry about that.
What does happen with windows install is that they have included a an ingenious function called "PullOutHAIR" which makes it so that the install only works when a randomly generated number matches another. Okay ill stop rambling... my suggestion is to use the Ubuntu live CD and partition your hard-drive accordingly, and format all the partitions. but don't install Ubuntu. I would also suggest making a 200MB /boot partition at the beginning of the HDD. Then install Windows, check that it works, then install Ubuntu. I have done this on quite a few occasions... normally (touch wood) it works! -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
