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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'>Was hoping you may be able to help?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'>Here’s the deal;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'>I have a Dell XPS 710 w/RAID 0 config which has my XP install on
it, all working fine and dandy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'>Have installed a 3<sup>rd</sup> hard drive (500G Seagate) and
trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 onto that as a dual boot. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'>Have been able to run through setup/install numerous times,
(like, 30??) but keep having problems once it is done, think I specifically
need help with GRUB,,,?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'>I’ve even attempted to install GRUB-> a flash drive but
that still doesn’t work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'>Can’t find a way to just install to the 3<sup>rd</sup>
drive and have the XPS system use that as a boot device using F12 for boot
menu. Have checked through BIOS for settings to change that also, no joy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'>I’ve been fighting with this off and on for a week now </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>L</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'>Just tried calling into Dell support, a nice fellow in India
told me they do not support dual boot of Ubuntu so dead end there too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'>Do you have any insight? Anyone else I could reach out to?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Gautami;color:#1F497D'>Thank you-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Gautami;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Gautami;color:#1F497D'>Jim
O’Beirne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Gautami;color:#1F497D'>7 French St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Gautami;color:#1F497D'>Watertown,
MA, 02472<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Gautami;color:#1F497D'>617-799-7960<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Gautami;
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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