On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 06:34 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > The Wassermans wrote: > > ... > > > 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 > > ... > > > > ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST > > ... > > > > # 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? > > > It's an old-fashioned pair of scissors - indicating to cut here. :-)
Oh, of course, I can clearly see the scissors now! It is all in the eye of the beholder. > I think the only problem with your Windows entry is that it's pointing > at the same drive as your Linux install. I would try hd1 instead of > hd0. How simple. Thank you so much Paul. Regards Dave W -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
