Dual Boot Problem

[mischa falkenburg]

Ronan Jouchet wrote:
> Hello Mischa,
>
> The menu may be hidden. Try hitting/holding shift during the boot 
> process, this could make the GRUB menu appear.
>
> Then, to solve the problem and change which system booted by default,
>   1. Have a look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto and 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 . From your description, you 
> should have Grub1, but be sure of it.
>   2. Then depending on your Grub version you'll have to adjust a 
> menu.lst or a grub.cfg and run some grub-update like commands. Again, 
> see the wiki which has detailed instructions.
>
> Tell us whether this helped and if you have additional questions. Also 
> for such issues, IRC can be a great place for more interactive help, in 
> #ubuntu or #ubuntustudio on irc.freenode.net . Good luck!
>
> Ronan
>
> On 10-11-05 08:27 AM, mischa falkenburg wrote:
>   
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I had a "cobbled together" box that has been running Xubuntu 8.04.1 just
>> fine.
>> The hard drive is large enough that I tried to install UbuStu 10.04
>> .iso...install went "flawlessly", meaning that 10.04 detected the 8.04
>> system and that there should be no problem with the MBR.
>> Upon reboot Grub initializes but goes directly to the 8.04 instead of
>> showing my a choice between the two.
>> Is there some file I need to modify, or what?
>>
>> Thanks-in-advance,
>>
>> Mischa
>>
>>     
>
>   
Hi Ronan, thanks for your response.
The shift key didn't do it, but the ESC key did.
To my surprise, all that showed were 2 different kernals for 
Xubuntu...no sign of Studio.
Is it possible for me to "see" if it's really there (doesn't show up 
under Places) other than using System Rescue disk?

Mischa