The Wassermans wrote: > ... >> You definitely should be able to do what you're after. What order is >> your BIOS set to boot in? SATA first? >> > > I have been changing the order manually during boot-up, depending on > whether I want Ubuntu or Windows. But I would prefer to have it run > selectively from the Sata disk. > >> If it's booting from SATA first, then your SATA drive should be (hd0) as >> far as grub is concerned, and (hd1) should be PATA, although this may >> not hold true for all BIOSes - i'm not sure whether the order is >> determined reliably. >> >> On my system, it's similar (Ubuntu on SATA, Windows on PATA), but >> because it books first from PATA, the drive numbers are the other way >> around. The relevant parts of my /boot/grub/menu.lst entries look like >> this: >> >> > I would appreciate it if you would be good enough to have a look at my > version of the menu.lst which follows here:- > > ## ## End Default Options ## > > title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-22-generic > root (hd0,4) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-22-generic > root=UUID=7a6224b7-43dd-44f1-9615-9fe469473b8f ro quiet splash > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-22-generic > quiet > ... > > ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST > ... > > # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux > OS > # on /dev/sda1 > title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition > root (hd0,0) > savedefault > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > > > ----------8<---------- > > Er, What does "8<" mean? > It's an old-fashioned pair of scissors - indicating to cut here. :-)
I think the only problem with your Windows entry is that it's pointing at the same drive as your Linux install. I would try hd1 instead of hd0. Paul
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