Question #74437 on grub in ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+question/74437
Tom proposed the following answer: As a hint or roadmap of where we are aiming at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto#If%20/boot%20is%20on%20another%20partition Tjhis will be easier with a fresh install but we need to move your Xp partition to give us a 100Mb space at the front of the drive. We can make the 100Mb space into a /boot partition, it might be good to squeeze the linux-swap in just after it so that we end up with partitions organised something like this /boot linux-swap Xp on hpfs/ntfs Extended partition containing / /home Notice that all the linux partitions (except swap) start with / because / is the start of the file-system in linux. The /home is much like "Documents & Settings" but it's much more rigorous and ensures that all you data really is in there. It's wise to have this on a separate partition if reasonably possible so that your data is safe if you ever want to reinstall you OS, or install another linux instead - so it keeps your options open. Likewise /boot keeps all the stuff you need to boot up the machine with. It's quite unusual to need to have this as a separate partition but on your hardware it is vitally important, as the guide hints at. Most of this is much easier to set up in advance of installing and then the install also makes it easier to set this whole thing up so that you don't have to mess around with "fstab" or other tricky and perhaps dangerous system-files like that. Anyway, we'll guide you through once we know hard-drive size and the result of free -m Good luck and regards from Tom :) -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
