Ubuntu & XP

by Lakaiii • 20 Nov 2008, 14:34 • Forums › Technology
Okay, so I've just installed Ubuntu Eee on my laptop together with Windows XP. Everything is working just fine, except that Grub won't load when I boot. I have to boot from my Ubuntu Live USB to get into the Grub menu.

I'm a complete noob when it comes to Linux, so if there's anyone out there that knows Ubuntu/Linux well, I would appreciate if you could help me on this one.

When I boot it just goes straight into Windows XP. I've tried messing around with the /boot/grub/menu.lst but I can't seem to understand it. There is only one harddrive on my laptop, and I have:

- 1 XP OS partition (NTFS)
- 1 Ubuntu OS partition (NTFS I think)
- 1 FAT32 partition

How can I change the MBR (Master Boot Record) to boot to Grub?
Help!
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Krosan 20 Nov 2008, 14:38
try inserting the ubuntu cd and try it from there

Edit:


you installed XP after ubuntu? MASSIVE FAIL

XP is just like all other M$ crap freaking egoistic, and will just delete the MBR and overwrite it. You HAVE to install ubuntu after installing XP, or you just lose your ubuntu boot record
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Lakaiii 20 Nov 2008, 14:40
Well I'm using Ubuntu Eee (which is installed by USB, because there's not cd-rom on my laptop). Anyway, if I boot from the USB-installer it just jumps into Ubuntu. Any suggestions on how to configure Grub?
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Krosan 20 Nov 2008, 14:42
if you're in ubuntu try this:

check to see if grub is installed on your system:

rpm -q grub
package grub is not installed

if ur told that grub is not installed, then install grub from either the ubuntu cd/usb releases or from internet, such as: rpmfind

then add the rpm:

rpm -i grub-xxxx-x.i386.rpm

edit:


basically what this website says :XD

http://www.linuxmigration.com/quickref/kernel/grub.html
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Lakaiii 20 Nov 2008, 14:44
Thank you so much, I'll give it a shot :)
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Krosan 20 Nov 2008, 14:46
worked for me when i had those same problems :)

gl
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Lakaiii 20 Nov 2008, 14:41
I installed XP before Ubuntu:)
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envyy 20 Nov 2008, 14:43
<3 youre et movie!
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plekter 20 Nov 2008, 14:53
Krosan: Ubuntu uses dpkg, not rpm

Ubuntu doesn't use ntfs btw, it uses ext3 or reiserfs(or something else, but these two are the most common).

1. Run sudo dpkg -l | grep grub
2. If nothing comes up, run apt-get install grub
3. run sudo grub-install (hd0,0)
If that didn't work, run sudo grub-install /dev/hda
if that didn't work either, run sudo grub-install /dev/sda
4. ???
5. PROFIT!


@Lakaii: Bare å spør, jeg har ikke brukt windows på 5 år =o)
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Lakaiii 20 Nov 2008, 14:57
Woo!! Er du på IRC eller noe?
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plekter 20 Nov 2008, 14:57
Jepp!
/q plekter
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Jacker 20 Nov 2008, 15:07
using XP on an EEEpc is a massive fail all by itself...
Btw what version do you have? 900 901?
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Lakaiii 20 Nov 2008, 15:31
XP SP3 runs smooth on my PC900 :o)

Just wanted to try Ubuntu.
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Jacker 20 Nov 2008, 15:41
Im not saying XP wont run on 900 but still i would say that linux performance > XP performance... Atleast on video playback and so on..
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h8m3 20 Nov 2008, 15:13
So you installed XP after Ubuntu and grub MBR was replaced by windows one, right?
if so:
1)boot from livecd
2)sudo grub
3)find /boot/grub/stage1
4)root (hd?,?) <- enter here the numbers shown after the previous cmd
5)setup (hd0)
6)quit
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Lakaiii 20 Nov 2008, 15:31
I installed XP first :)
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