Installing Ubuntu errors

[Kent Frazier]

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 03:04:55 +0100, Thomas Kaiser
<thomas at kaiser.linux-site.net> wrote:
> This is my menu.lst:
> # This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux
> OS
> # on /dev/hda1
> title           Windows NT/2000/XP
> root            (hd0,0)
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader     +1
> 
> My NT is the first partition on the first disk. I think you have to
> change the root option e.g. first partion on second disk
> root            (hd1,0)

Note that if this is indeed the case and XP is on the second disk, you
will have to fool it into thinking that it is on the primary disk. 
This can be accomplished by using the following entry in
/boot/grub/menu.lst:

title                Windows XP
root               (hd1,0)
map               (hd1) (hd0)
map               (hd0) (hd1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

This is the case in my desktop, and I couldn't get GRUB to load XP
until I figured that out, now it works great.

Good luck.

Kent