Valpskott
November 13th, 2008, 04:33 PM
Ok, here is the story... I thought I'd get rid of XP and switch to Ubuntu, but just in case I needed to run some Windows software, I thought it would be nice to install Vista as well and setup a Dual Boot.
So, I began with installing Vista on (hd0,0), then I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on(hd0,2)... Both OS's booted just fine but I had problems with installing proper GFX-drivers for Vista and I also had problems with Vista activation, so I decided to format that partition and install XP to it.
During XP install, after the first reboot, it wont continue with install, and it didn't boot from any other partition. So I booted from 8.10 live cd, restored Grub, now Ubuntu works fine, but I still can't continue with install of XP. So I downloaded TinyXP rev.9, burned it to a CD, booted from that CD, reformatted (hd0,0), and continued with install of XP, after first reboot(during install) the installation won't continue(just as with the other XP install attempt).
I've installed XP maybe 20 times in my lifetime, maybe 4-5 on this computer alone, so I know it should work, and I know how to do it(except for right now, that is).
So, I began with installing Vista on (hd0,0), then I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on(hd0,2)... Both OS's booted just fine but I had problems with installing proper GFX-drivers for Vista and I also had problems with Vista activation, so I decided to format that partition and install XP to it.
During XP install, after the first reboot, it wont continue with install, and it didn't boot from any other partition. So I booted from 8.10 live cd, restored Grub, now Ubuntu works fine, but I still can't continue with install of XP. So I downloaded TinyXP rev.9, burned it to a CD, booted from that CD, reformatted (hd0,0), and continued with install of XP, after first reboot(during install) the installation won't continue(just as with the other XP install attempt).
I've installed XP maybe 20 times in my lifetime, maybe 4-5 on this computer alone, so I know it should work, and I know how to do it(except for right now, that is).