I initially had a PC with XP.
Then I got a second hard drive installed and put Ubuntu 8.04 on it.
Now when I boot up it's default is Linux. I have tried to change it
using the command line interface but I don't really know what I'm doing.
Here's a cut n paste of the 2 methods I have tried
from helpful websites:
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simon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
sudo: unable to resolve host simon
simon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
that didn't work so then I tried to use the Grub command:
completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
completions of a device/filename. ]
grub> root (hd0,0)
Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
grub> root (hd0,1)
Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
grub> root (hd1,0)
Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
grub> root (hd1,1)
Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
grub> setup (hd0)
Error 12: Invalid device requested
grub>
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So I was pretty lost after that.
I made sure that windows had shutdown properly as I often use hibernate.
I also remember years ago being able to do this without command line
entries. It was either Mandrake or Debian and I may have changed
something in BIOS.
I am not too sure about Ubuntu, most of these newsgroups talk about
other Linux flavours. The only reason I loaded it was because it came
on the DVD with my local PC Magazine ( www.pcworld.co.nz )
Is there a better version which doesn't require the command line so much?
And what about the above commands?
thanks
Simon
