On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 20:45 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > Barry, using gparted, the HDD containing Windows XP Pro was partitioned > as you described and all seemed well. The installation process was > started and do something else selected. The partition allocated ext4 was > chosen and then I was warned that I needed to indicate a boot partition > so I chose this partition. The installation completed but, on reboot, it > went straight into Windows. I have confirmed that the two OSs are on the > same drive so I assume I need to do something about Grub. Still, > progress is being made. > > Norman > >
Norman, please wait for further advice before trying my suggestion; but if this was my machine I would now boot directly to Ubuntu from the live CD & from there I would try "grub-install /dev/sda" [or sdx where x is the boot drive] from a terminal. However, *please* do wait for my idea to confirmed as good or rubbish before doing anything [it may not work with your set-up]. It is not my machine - it is yours & as such, deserves a 2nd opinion ;) -- Regards, Bill B. [SuperEngineer] ------------------------------ -Registered Linux User 523667- -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- -----Free as in Freedom------ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/