Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vista, XP, Lucid

2010-06-20 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 19 June 2010 20:48, Dave Smith d...@p3computers.com wrote: Trying to figure out what went wrong with an Ubuntu install. Prior to install XP on SATA0 160GB Storage (NTFS) on SATA1, 2x 80GB partitions (how it's been for years) Vista on PATA0 40GB with boot loader Then installed 80GB on

[ubuntu-uk] Vista, XP, Lucid

2010-06-19 Thread Dave Smith
Trying to figure out what went wrong with an Ubuntu install. Prior to install XP on SATA0 160GB Storage (NTFS) on SATA1, 2x 80GB partitions (how it's been for years) Vista on PATA0 40GB with boot loader Then installed 80GB on SATA2 to install ubuntu. Did install, installed GRUB to this new

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vista, XP, Lucid

2010-06-19 Thread Simon Greenwood
Windows is rather fussy about its boot sequence and it's going to be easier to choose one boot loader for all three OSes, of which Grub is probably the easier to set up. Simon On 19 Jun 2010 20:49, Dave Smith d...@p3computers.com wrote: Trying to figure out what went wrong with an Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Vista, XP, Lucid

2010-06-19 Thread Daniel Case
Simon, Vista needs to handle XP's boot once it is installed. Booting XP directly will give you an NTDLR error. Your GRUB should be able to boot Linux, then boot the Windows bootloader. From the Windows bootloader you should be able to boot XP or Vista. It seems to be a problem with the Vista