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swaraj_de
November 4th, 2010, 04:39 PM
i have two xp sp2 in C: and E:
and
ihave installed ubantu & it's boot loader on F:
now i'm unable to boot my desktop in ubuntu
so WHAT CHANGE CAN BE DONE IN XP BOOT LOADER TO GET ALL THREE OS BOOT OPTIONS BEFORE BOOT????
my boot loader is below

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

thanks in advance:confused:

oldfred
November 4th, 2010, 04:57 PM
Did you install wubi? It should have set it up for you.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi

Something like this boot.ini entry, may be f: in your case:
c:\wubildr.mbr="Ubuntu-Linux"