Let us know if it works. I tried the same thing. Two internal hard disks, WinXP on one (primary) and Ubuntu 8.10 on second (slave). The Ubuntu installer created the boot loader menu that allows you to choose between operating systems, but selecting Ubuntu from that menu (or just not doing anything and allowing Ubuntu to be auto-selected) led to system lock-up. I believe it was because Ubuntu was looking for the system files on the primary drive.
I ended up reconfiguring and reformatting both drives, reinstalled XP on a primary drive partition and plan to install Ubuntu on a separate partition on the primary drive. Second internal drive is now just for apps and swap space. Dan On Mar 13, 5:41 am, fanfare <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks mate, I'll take a deep breath & give it a go > > On Mar 13, 7:28 pm, SK Keeper <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think you can do that easily with any ubuntu flavor. The GRUB bootloader > > should detect your other operative systems and put an entry for them on > > boot. If it doesnt, just edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file and with a little > > tweaking should get that working. > > Good luck > > ------------------------------------------- > > SK Keeper > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:30 AM, fanfare <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Have had enough of Vista and tried wubi but other users at home not > > > happy to change. I have PC with 2 hd. 1st hd partitioned (C: & E with > > > vista. > > > 2nd hd (D is from old computer which has XP plus backups on it. 1. Can > > > I reformat 2hd, & install ubuntu on it? 2. Can pc be defaulted to > > > vista (hd C but allow me to switch to ubuntu (hd2)?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
