[tigerspeed]

hi everyone i have a 160 parallel hdd and a 40 gig hdd my 40 gig has ubuntu 9.04 and the other has xp i would like to know how i can choose which hdd to boot in from start up im new at this lol

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which operating system do you boot into at the moment ?

[hawklord]

which operating system do you boot into at the moment ?

[tigerspeed]

we3ll lately i boot into ubuntu but when i do my online gaming i boot into xp which is like every two days or so i game

[hawklord]

so, whats the problem you have with booting ?

[tigerspeed]

i just need to know how to choose which drive i want to boot boot into dont know if i need to set up something in the bios or what and if there is a certain pin config that needs to be set on the hdd's to be able to do this. at the moment i have both hdd's set to system select i have never done this before if there is any more information that you need just let me know thanx

[hawklord]

if you power on your pc then leave it alone, which operating system do you boot into ?

if you boot into ubuntu can you open a terminal and copy and paste this, then press enter

sudo fdisk -l

then copy the output and paste it in your next reply

if its xp then i'll try to guide you

Edited by hawklord, 07 May 2009 - 04:00 PM.

[tigerspeed]

yea it boots into xp but if i use ubuntu i have to remove the other wires for the xp hard drive lol sorry i think i forgot to mention that but if both hard drives are hooked up then yes it will boot into xp instead of the ubuntu drive and i do not see any options on startup except the bios i dont think tis would be much help if they are not both hooked up but just in case here it is sorry im still learning

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe25de25d

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4660 37431418+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 4661 4865 1646662+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 4661 4865 1646631 82 Linux swap / Solaris

[hawklord]

right its easy, but if you get stuck then let me know,

find your ubuntu hdd and locate the jumper at the back, set it to master,
on your windows hdd set it to slave,

locate the ubuntu hdd at the end of the ide cable and locate the windows one in the middle

enter your bios and select the ubuntu hdd as first hdd

boot your pc normaly, you should be in ubuntu

now for the tricky bit - be careful doing this

/boot/grub/menu.lst (as in list not first) needs editing to show the windows hdd and allow you to dual boot

enter this in a terminal

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

and copy and paste this at the end of the list

title Windoze
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

then save and exit

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(this is part of mine to show you roughly how it should look, i use a different version of linux so the entries are worded different)

timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 resume=UUID=88fa5363-9636-45dc-9694-8ddf777abdab splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 resume=UUID=88fa5363-9636-45dc-9694-8ddf777abdab splash=silent
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=f215643f-b7ad-4e91-b3fc-c7500a55b994 failsafe
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img

title Windoze
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

here are 2 pictures, one is of where the jumper is on the hdd, the other is a settings diagram which should be on the top of the hdd,
let me know if you have any problems

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[tigerspeed]

hey thanks it works thank you much for the help

[hawklord]

no problem, glad i could be of service,

you may also want to access your windows files from linux or your linux files from windows,

you can also make your windows boot first, if you wished,

any questions then just ask,

safe surfing