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| 640960 | 2008-02-16 22:29:00 | I installed a second hard drive in my Linux PC as master (set the original one to slave because it is slower & smaller) to install windows on it & now want to reinstall grub so I can dual boot Ubuntu & windows. How do I do that? It is a pity that JADE doesn't support ubuntu or I wouldn't have needed to install windows on this computer. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 640961 | 2008-02-16 22:40:00 | If I recall correctly, the ubuntu disks now have a rescue mode with 'reinstall grub' as one of the options. Try that - if you have no luck, post back here. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 640962 | 2008-02-16 22:45:00 | I have a suspicion that Windows likes to be installed in the first drive (where your GRUB will also be installed. It is so long since I had Windows installed here. I have PCLinuxOS installed in the first drive (/hda1) with home partition in /hda4 and Klikit in the second drive with its / partition in /hdd1 and /home in /hdd5. I use either distro and they both share emails , photos etc in yet another partition /hda6 Good Luck, Jim |
Hhel (8073) | ||
| 640963 | 2008-02-16 23:07:00 | Windows does like to be installed on the first drive, which is part of the reason why I set my linux drive as slave. I know linux isn't that picky - it only needs the MBR on the first drive if I recall correctly. I'll try rescue mode thanks Bletch |
Greven (91) | ||
| 640964 | 2008-02-17 00:12:00 | I have a suspicion that Windows likes to be installed in the first drive (where your GRUB will also be installed. It is so long since I had Windows installed here. I have PCLinuxOS installed in the first drive (/hda1) with home partition in /hda4 and Klikit in the second drive with its / partition in /hdd1 and /home in /hdd5. I use either distro and they both share emails , photos etc in yet another partition /hda6 Good Luck, JimWindows doesn't need to be on the first drive - it just thinks it does :rolleyes:. If you are putting it on another drive you need to add a couple of extra lines (map) to your grub config to fool Windows into believing it's booting from the first drive in the system. Windows does like to be installed on the first drive, which is part of the reason why I set my linux drive as slave. I know linux isn't that picky - it only needs the MBR on the first drive if I recall correctly.Linux doesn't even need that - you can use any bootloader that can find the kernel, you're not limited to only grub/lilo/syslinux et al in the MBR. You could for example use a floppy, cd or usb flash drive containing your bootloader instead, or use a PXE bootloader. |
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