FoZFoRiC
June 6th, 2012, 05:26 PM
When I tried to install ubuntu 12.04 on an old desktop that I had put in a second hard drive from a different computer, the installation asked if d: was a removable disk for some reason. I suspect it still has a MBR from when it was primary drive in an even older computer.
After installation was done and reboot, the system went directly to the windows xp on c: and there was no grub loader screen at all. Using boot repair disk and repairing grub made all kinds of problems initially, but I resolved that.
The question is: what is the installation trying to figure out when it asked about d: being removable? What actions does it take when given a yes answer and what actions does it take when given a no answer? I ask this because I have 4 more computers of wildly different configurations all with multiple hard drives that I plan on installing ubuntu to and want to learn more before tackling them as I may want to do a targeted cleanup of system files like MBR and other configuration files.
After installation was done and reboot, the system went directly to the windows xp on c: and there was no grub loader screen at all. Using boot repair disk and repairing grub made all kinds of problems initially, but I resolved that.
The question is: what is the installation trying to figure out when it asked about d: being removable? What actions does it take when given a yes answer and what actions does it take when given a no answer? I ask this because I have 4 more computers of wildly different configurations all with multiple hard drives that I plan on installing ubuntu to and want to learn more before tackling them as I may want to do a targeted cleanup of system files like MBR and other configuration files.