rian4me
April 7th, 2009, 08:06 PM
I had asked a question earlier
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I have win xp sp3 on my c drive
I tried installing ubuntu 8.04 on to my d drive by making
c drive as mount point "/windows"
and d drive as mount point "/" with ext3 format
and a small 2 gb e drive as swap space
the problem is it installs everything properly and then when it asks to restart and i do so
Windows xp just boots up directly to the progress bar screen
no grub loader is shown
i did this many times and it doesn't work
Help
Please don't direct me to a tutorial for step by step installation procedure, i have already read lots of those
just tell me what could be the possible problem and how to solve it
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The best answer i got was
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OK -- no tutorials ...
Where'd you install GRUB. To the MBR? Or to the Ubuntu root partition?
To find out, boot from the LiveCD, open a terminal, and do the following:
1) enter "grub"
2) enter "find /boot/grub/stage1"
That will indicate where GRUB is installed.
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but the replier didnt want me to PM him so i'll ask publicly what i PM ed him
Can someone tell me what i am ideally supposed to get when i execute the above mentioned command
Please specify in exact terms where during the installation procedure am i supposed to select the location to install this GRUB and which location should i choose to install it so that it is loaded when the system boots up
As i said, I request u to state in exact step by step procedure
please.
No vague comments and opinions, BE TECHNICAL
================================================== ==============
I have win xp sp3 on my c drive
I tried installing ubuntu 8.04 on to my d drive by making
c drive as mount point "/windows"
and d drive as mount point "/" with ext3 format
and a small 2 gb e drive as swap space
the problem is it installs everything properly and then when it asks to restart and i do so
Windows xp just boots up directly to the progress bar screen
no grub loader is shown
i did this many times and it doesn't work
Help
Please don't direct me to a tutorial for step by step installation procedure, i have already read lots of those
just tell me what could be the possible problem and how to solve it
================================================== ==============
The best answer i got was
================================================== =======
OK -- no tutorials ...
Where'd you install GRUB. To the MBR? Or to the Ubuntu root partition?
To find out, boot from the LiveCD, open a terminal, and do the following:
1) enter "grub"
2) enter "find /boot/grub/stage1"
That will indicate where GRUB is installed.
================================================== =======
but the replier didnt want me to PM him so i'll ask publicly what i PM ed him
Can someone tell me what i am ideally supposed to get when i execute the above mentioned command
Please specify in exact terms where during the installation procedure am i supposed to select the location to install this GRUB and which location should i choose to install it so that it is loaded when the system boots up
As i said, I request u to state in exact step by step procedure
please.
No vague comments and opinions, BE TECHNICAL