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Thu May 20 18:13:08 BST 2010
It seems to be a problem with the Vista bootloader...first thing to
check would be that its chose the right place to boot from
Not sure how you would do it though...i dont use Vista or 7
On 19 June 2010 23:32, Daniel Case <danielcase10 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Simon, Vista needs to handle XP's boot once it is installed.
>
> Booting XP directly will give you an "NTDLR" error.
>
> Your GRUB should be able to boot Linux, then boot the Windows bootloader.
> From the Windows bootloader you should be able to boot XP or Vista.
>
> The best place to look for a fix is within the Vista bootloader, i
> believe theres a few programs that can look at that for you.
>
> On 19 June 2010 23:14, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Windows is rather fussy about its boot sequence and it's going to be
easier
>> to choose one boot loader for all three OSes, of which Grub is probably
the
>> easier to set up.
>>
>> Simon
>>
>> On 19 Jun 2010 20:49, "Dave Smith" <dave at p3computers.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Trying to figure out what went wrong with an Ubuntu install.
>>
>> Prior to install
>>
>> XP on SATA0 160GB
>> Storage (NTFS) on SATA1, 2x 80GB partitions (how it's been for years)
>> Vista on PATA0 40GB with boot loader
>>
>> Then installed 80GB on SATA2 to install ubuntu. Did install, installed
GRUB
>> to this new HD and GRUB points to Ubuntu and Vista. When I choose Vista
to
>> pass on to that boot-loader, I can launch Vista but not launch "an
earlier
>> version of Windows" ie XP, it just restarts.
>>
>> If I interrupt the boot sequence and point it directly at Vista, I can
boot
>> "an earlier version of windows" XP.
>>
>> How can fix it so I go GRUB --> Vista Boot Loader --> XP??
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Dave
>>
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Simon, Vista needs to handle XP's boot once it is installed.<br><br>Boo=
ting XP directly will give you an "NTDLR" error.<br><br>Your GRUB=
should be able to boot Linux, then boot the Windows bootloader.<br>From th=
e Windows bootloader you should be able to boot XP or Vista.<br>
<br>It seems to be a problem with the Vista bootloader...first thing to<br>=
check would be that its chose the right place to boot from<br><br>Not sure =
how you would do it though...i dont use Vista or 7<br><br>On 19 June 2010 2=
3:32, Daniel Case <<a href=3D"mailto:danielcase10 at gmail.com">danielcase1=
0 at gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Simon, Vista needs to handle XP's boot once it is installed.<br>&g=
t;<br>> Booting XP directly will give you an "NTDLR" error.<br=
>><br>> Your GRUB should be able to boot Linux, then boot the Windows=
bootloader.<br>
> From the Windows bootloader you should be able to boot XP or Vista.<br=
>><br>> The best place to look for a fix is within the Vista bootload=
er, i<br>> believe theres a few programs that can look at that for you.<=
br>
><br>> On 19 June 2010 23:14, Simon Greenwood <<a href=3D"mailto:s=
fgreenwood at gmail.com">sfgreenwood at gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Wind=
ows is rather fussy about its boot sequence and it's going to be easier=
<br>
>> to choose one boot loader for all three OSes, of which Grub is pro=
bably the<br>>> easier to set up.<br>>><br>>> Simon<br>&g=
t;><br>>> On 19 Jun 2010 20:49, "Dave Smith" <<a href=
=3D"mailto:dave at p3computers.com">dave at p3computers.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>><br>>> Trying to figure out what went wrong with =
an Ubuntu install.<br>>><br>>> Prior to install<br>>><br>=
>> XP on SATA0 160GB<br>>> Storage (NTFS) on SATA1, 2x 80GB par=
titions (how it's been for years)<br>
>> Vista on PATA0 40GB with boot loader<br>>><br>>> Then =
installed 80GB on SATA2 to install ubuntu. =A0Did install, installed GRUB<b=
r>>> to this new HD and GRUB points to Ubuntu and Vista. =A0When I ch=
oose Vista to<br>
>> pass on to that boot-loader, I can launch Vista but not launch &qu=
ot;an earlier<br>>> version of Windows" ie XP, it just restarts.=
<br>>><br>>> If I interrupt the boot sequence and point it dire=
ctly at Vista, I can boot<br>
>> "an earlier version of windows" XP.<br>>><br>>&=
gt; How can =A0fix it so I go GRUB --> Vista Boot Loader --> XP??<br>=
>><br>>> Cheers<br>>><br>>> Dave<br>>><br>
>> --<br>
>> <a href=3D"mailto:ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk at lists.ubun=
tu.com</a><br>>> <a href=3D"https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo=
/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br>>=
> <a href=3D"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UK=
Team/</a><br>
>><br>>><br>>> --<br>>> <a href=3D"mailto:ubuntu-uk=
@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>>> <a href=3D"ht=
tps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com=
/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br>
>> <a href=3D"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/">https://wiki.ubuntu.co=
m/UKTeam/</a><br>>><br>>><br>><br>
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