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obsrv
June 19th, 2008, 05:22 PM
How do I use ntldr (ntloader) as my main bootloader to boot not only Windows XP but also KUbuntu 8.04?

logos34
June 19th, 2008, 06:39 PM
Here (automatic and manual method):

http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p9.html
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Boot_from_Windows_Bootloader_(NTLDR)_an d_why

The question, though, is why? Grub is better, and if you don't want to see it at boot you can hide it. If you ever revert back solely to windows, you can easily restore the latter's bootloader--it's not like grub is going to mess anything up.

obsrv
June 20th, 2008, 10:48 AM
Using grub I cannot boot into my Windows XP x64. I tried with KUbuntu, Ubuntu and Gentoo. But this morning I tried OpenSUSE 11, and its bootloader loaded my Windows XP x64. I think they use gfxboot or smth. Is it grub2?

logos34
June 20th, 2008, 06:01 PM
Using grub I cannot boot into my Windows XP x64. I tried with KUbuntu, Ubuntu and Gentoo. But this morning I tried OpenSUSE 11, and its bootloader loaded my Windows XP x64. I think they use gfxboot or smth. Is it grub2?

Grub2 is still under development, so it's using grub 0.97.

I never had a problem dual-booting my XP Pro x64 with grub.

Post your disk layout and grub menu:

# fdisk -l

cat /boot/grub/menu.lst