Haha I'm on Linux too now

UBT - Halifax on Linux · Tue May 15, 2007 12:25 am

Live CD works fine Ubuntu looks great, couldn't logon to forum as thats on my USB stick and not installed it as yet

Time to install this to my spare hard drive

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue May 15, 2007 12:52 am

Hmm well back on Windows now can't work out how to boot onto Linux now through the other drive, will have to look into this later when had sleep

Rockinfroggi · Post by **Rockinfroggi** » Tue May 15, 2007 1:04 am

Gawd, another Penguin wannabe

Gary.

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:54 am

When one OS is stored on each disk:

Go to start menu and click run.
Then type sysdm.cpl and press OK.
Then click on the advanced tab and under 'Startup and recovery' click Settings.

There you have options for the boot, should be able to tick 'Time to display list of operating systems' etc

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:22 am

Thats is already set, but I don't get a choice of anything when I reboot

DJH@GB-Ro · Post by **DJH@GB-Ro** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:28 am

UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Thats is already set, but I don't get a choice of anything when I reboot

May have to edit the boot file manually....

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:00 am

DJH@GB-Ro wrote:May have to edit the boot file manually....

Sticking my head back into the sand now

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:52 pm

Is it fixed yet?

If not post a screenshot of Startup & Recovery page and also a listing of what is inside the file that appears when you click edit on that page.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:57 pm

don't have owt to show, just don't know how to get Linux to boot now its installed on the other drive

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:00 pm

On the windows machine, post a screenshot of Startup & Recovery page and also a listing of what is inside the file that appears when you click edit on that page.

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:02 pm

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:06 pm

Way back (about 3 years) we used to install linux and we needed to setup grub when we were installing it. Did you do that bit?

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:06 pm

aint it suppose to do it all for ya?

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:08 pm

It was an option when I used to install it!

one way to boot into it is to change the bios to boot from the other hard drive first! (Sometimes pressing f8 at the bios screen gives you a menu)

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:16 pm

Will have a play around at weekend i think, may just stick it all on same HD

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:33 pm

Think I know whats wrong with it, will have another bash another day with it