On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 12:36 +0000, keith wrote: > The machine I am writing this on has been playing up for a long, long time > and each time I switch on I wait in trepidation to see whether or not it will > actually boot up. Usually it does but I have to accept that it is coming to > the end of its life. > > I have a Windows XP machine, which I've never actually opened up. I propose > to remove the master drive from the Linux machine on which Ubuntu is > installed and insert it into the Windows one. It will then become the slave > drive. > > What I would like to know is how to create a new MBR on the Windows machine > as I shall wish it to boot up into Ubuntu for 95% of the time. > > Any advice/assistance will be gratefully accepted. > > Keith. > > Keith if your using your ubuntu on the machine 95% of the time I would set the ubuntu hd as the master.
If you take a look at /boot/grub/menu.lst I believe there is an example for a windows boot option. You can copy it and modify where appropriate. > -- Seek That Thy Might Know http://www.davmor2.co.uk
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