On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:04 PM, dbneeley <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, > > I have installed Ubuntu on perhaps twenty different systems that had Win XP > on them, and never had to do what you describe. > In fact, the Windows boot overwrites the first, boot sector of the > drive--which is where the boot loaders such as Grub normally are. > I have had to reinstall grub a few times on machines of people who did as you > describe so they could then boot Linux as well, however. > I have had the same results with various other Linux distros as well. > > David > If I still had XP on any of these machines, I would repeat the process and figure out what exactly I am talking about. Unfortunately XP has been moved to VMs. But I know I did not imagining those results. Maybe it was something else that needed repair besides the boot sector, even though that's what my brain is telling me it is?
I did all of these installs at approximately the same time (over a span of half a year) and followed the same procedures for repartitioning Windows and installing Linux. My sample size is somewhat smaller than yours with only 5 or 6 computers, but more than once on several of them as hard drives were replaced, new operating systems tried, etc. The only thing constant in these installs were the set of disks used for XP. None-the-less, I will bow to the superior wisdom of yourself, Roy, and my various current google searches which are all turning up information that contradicts my own experience. Old age, perhaps getting the best of me? ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
