Creating grub

[elliotn]

How can I create a Dual boot as i have 2 harddisk, one has Ubuntu 8.10 and the other has win xp, they dont dual boot and I have uo always change in the BIOS to choose the needed OS, HOW can i create grub to load both without formating or reinstalling

[lha]

Set bios to boot from Ubuntu drive and add the following lines to the end of your /boot/grub/menu.lst:


title Windows XP
root (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

[elliotn]

Thanks m8 gotta try that.

[elliotn]

It aint working, do i add it on the bottom of everything or what

[lha]

It aint working, do i add it on the bottom of everything or what

Yes, you add it in the bottom. What error(s) are you getting?