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Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Jim Smith <jim@(protected):
>
>> I installed 8.04 on a desktop system intending it to dual boot with
>> WinXP, which one user requires for coursework software. The install went
>> fine and Hardy is running great on the system. The problem is that Grub
>> somehow did not pick up the WinXP installation which is in a partition
>> on another hard drive. Do you think that running "sudo update-grub" will
>> be enough, or as I fear will I need to add WinXP manually?
>>
>>
>
> To show you what it should look like, h ere's the end of my menu.lst
> file. My MS Windows partition is on disk 1 partition 2. that
> translates to (hd0,1) below. The Ubuntu install picked that up
> automatically, sorry yours did not catch i t.
>
>
> title Ubuntu 8.04, kernel 2.6.24-17-generic (recovery mode)
> root (hd0,2)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.24-17-generic
> root=UUID=c696512a-28fd-4842-a38e-bea78fbcd242 ro single
> initrd /initrd.img-2.6.24-17-generic
>
> title Ubuntu 8.04, memtest86+
> root (hd0,2)
> kernel /memtest86+.bin
> quiet
>
> ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
>
> # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
> # ones.
> title Other operating systems:
> root
>
>
> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
> # on /dev/sda1
> title Dell Utility Partition
> root (hd0,0)
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
>
> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
> # on /dev/sda2
> title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> root (hd0,1)
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> This IS the proper thing to launch Windows. Just click on the title on your grub and Windows will come up.
Karl
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