[Tfug] Install problem

[Don Freeman]

Don -
Thanks for your help. I figured I may have complicated things by adding a
second HD between the first and second install. The original setup which
worked fine had a single SATA drive. (This is my first experience with
SATA.) When I did the second install there was a second PATA HD in the
system. I was careful to perform the install on the original SATA drive
(there was no unpartitioned space on the PATA drive). The PATA drive will
eventually come out after I have copied all the data off of it. Given this
configuration, I'm not sure which is drive 0 and which is drive 1. I could
pull the PATA drive before making a third attempt but there is an advantage
to having it in there so I can boot from it also. (Which grub currently is
allowing.)

- Don

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From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of DON
KIERZEK
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 10:50 AM
To: tfug at tfug.org
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Install problem


Don:

If your install is looking for (hd1, 2) that would be the third partition on
the second hard drive.  Is that right?  Grub starts at "0" (zero).  First
drive is hd0, first partition is hd0,0.  Do you have multiple drives?  If
not, you probably need to re-check your partition information.

Modifying your boot to start windows first is easy (usually?).  You need to
go to the /boot/grub folder (as root) and find a file "menu.lst" and edit
that.  The first OS listed should boot first.  Below is my listing in Ubuntu
6.10 menu.lst entry which should go right after the statement "END DEFAULT
OPTIONS".

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1
#title		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
#root		(hd0,0)
#savedefault
#chainloader	+1

In the above entry, you will need to remove the hash marks (#).  Also, my
windows is on the first hard drive and first partition hence the (hd0,0).  
You need to change this to suit your system.  The title info can be anything
you want.

I've used GRUB a lot and have a number of systems on my computer so feel
free to contact me at my email if you have further questions.
Good Luck!



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