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Hey thanks for the advice - after your suggestions I've found somethings about using a map command in the grub menu entry to change which is considered the first partition - I'll suggest that :D On 10/03/07, Ben Goodger <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/10/07, Jonathan Roberts > <jonathan.roberts.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm asking this on behalf of a friend - although trying to get him to > > join the list himself :D > > > > He's got vista installed and wants to dual boot with ubuntu - infact > > he's got ubuntu installed as well. The problem is the dual boot. Vista > > is reportedly on the hdb2 partition so I gave him the following > > instructions: > > > > sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_bk > > sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst > > > > title Windows Vista > > root (hd1,1) > > makeactive > > chainloader +1 > > > > But when he reboots and selects vista complains about missing boot > > loader...any suggestions? > > If installed following linux, windows' bootloader has to be on hda for some > reason... > > -- > Ben Goodger > #391382 > --------------------- > > Mi admiras religiajn; ili estas fine ebliĝinta solvi la maljunegan demandon > "kiel oni povas vivi sencerbe?". > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html