Question concerning Dual-Booting Windows and Ubuntu 7.10

[randell6564]

I am getting ready once again to re-install Windows, along with Ubuntu on my box. I have a 120gig ID master, and a 20gig ID slave. In the past, I have always housed Windows on my 120Gig drive, and Ubuntu on my 20Gig. This time around, I want to give my 120gig to Ubuntu, and put ol' Bill Gates in the backroom! But I want to accomplish this without changing my current drive configuration. (120Gig Master/20Gig Slave)

I am about to wipe my Slave drive first, and install Windows. THEN, I want to install Ubuntu onto my Master. I'm hoping that Ubuntu will install Grub like it always has before with the dual-boot options.

My question is.,Do I HAVE to install to my Master drive first, or can I install to my Slave, then install to my Master.

(I'm simply trying to flip things around by putting Windows on my Slave,and Ubuntu on my Master)

[ibuclaw]

Ubuntu installs itself seamlessly to any partition/harddrive, so you should have no worries there.

As for Windows, you may want to disable the current Master Drive in BIOS first (leaving only the 20GB one enabled).
As I think that Windows always tries to install on the Primary Master Disk by default.

Regards
Iain

[randell6564]

As for Windows, you may want to disable the current Master Drive in BIOS first (leaving only the 20GB one enabled).
As I think that Windows always tries to install on the Primary Master Disk by default.

Regards
Iain

So, what you are saying is..go into bios, disable the master then install Windows to Slave. THEN enable master, and install Ubuntu?
Thanks!

[randell6564]

Worked just fine without disabling my master. (Just finished installing Windows to my Slave)

I am now booted to the Ubuntu 7.10 Live CD, and about to install it to my Master.

[strabes]

Good luck. Let us know if ubuntu correctly writes your MBR and you can successfully access both windows and ubuntu.

[randell6564]

Good luck. Let us know if ubuntu correctly writes your MBR and you can successfully access both windows and ubuntu.

Installed perfectly, but failed to get my dualboot option. Time to break out my SuperGrub disk!

[bodhi.zazen]

windows does not like being on a slave drive.

You need to "map" or rather re-map your dirves in youw windows boot stanza

Windows
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloder +1
boot

[randell6564]

windows does not like being on a slave drive.

You need to "map" or rather re-map your dirves in youw windows boot stanza

Windows
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloder +1
boot

Thanks, but I'm not sure that I understand. Is this something that I can do on the Linux side ,via a terminal, or do I need to do what you suggest in a Windows command line?
Here are the results of:

rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloder +1 boot

bigboss@Bigboss:~$ sudo rootnoverify (hd1,0)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
bigboss@Bigboss:~$ makeactive
bash: makeactive: command not found
bigboss@Bigboss:~$ map (hd0) (hd1)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `hd0'
bigboss@Bigboss:~$ map (hd1) (hd0)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `hd1'
bigboss@Bigboss:~$ chainloder +1 boot

[Warmask]

Thanks, but I'm not sure that I understand. Is this something that I can do on the Linux side ,via a terminal, or do I need to do what you suggest in a Windows command line?

I think he means you need to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst to look similar to that submitted code.

If you want only 20gB for Windows, you could put it on ur master drive, but only give it 20gB partition. Then give ubuntu the remaining 100gB and use the 20gB slave as a shared drive formated as NTFS or FAT32, so that both ubuntu and windows can use it.

[bodhi.zazen]

Yes, sorry ...

Boot Ubuntu and edit /boot/grub/menu.lst

gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Add the information re mapping to your windows stanza, or write one if necessary.