On 26/07/10 14:40, Norman Silverstone wrote: > Some time ago I had a desktop machine which had been set up with 2 HDDs > one running Ubuntu and the other Windows XP Pro. Unfortunately this > machine is no longer in the land of the living and I am considering > setting up another machine with a similar configuration. The intention > would be Ubuntu 10.04 on one drive and XP Pro on the other. (I still > have the old HDD with XP Pro installed and would like to use that.) I > remember that I needed to make an addition to the Ubuntu boot menu and I > can find the details of that addition. However, I expect that the > current version of Grub is not the same as the old one and would much > appreciate it if someone would be kind enough to tell me whether or not > what I propose is feasible. > > Norman > >
If the hardware is similar you may be able to reuse the XP installation, although you may run into problems with activation unless you're lucky enough to have a retail boxed copy of Windows (which Microsoft will allow you to move from one machine to another). Rob -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
