GRUB problem every time I reboot

[NoOp]

On 12/13/2007 01:02 PM, Paul wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2007 11:40 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/13/2007 04:27 AM, Paul wrote:
>> > On Dec 12, 2007 8:50 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> You said that the only way that you can boot into windows is by:
>> >
>> >
>> > No.
>> >
>> > The only way the machine will boot _at all_ is if I do that.  It won't
>> boot
>> > Ubuntu either...it just cycles endlessly.
>>
>> Ok, missed that & also missed that you have XP on a second drive. Wipes
>> glasses & starts over...
>>
>> Couple of questions first:
>>
>> 1. You originally had a 2 drive XP machine & added Ubuntu to the 2nd
>> drive, correct?
>>
>> 2. If you disconnect the 2nd drive (the Ubuntu drive) can you boot into
>> XP properly?
>>
>> 3. When you installed Ubuntu, how did you do it? From the LiveCD or the
>> Alternate CD?
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> 
> Ok, here's something that's been confusing me.  My Ubuntu is on hd2,0.  But
> what is sbd or sbc2 and all that other stuff?
> 
>>
> Basically, what needs to go in my menu.lst to stop this behavior, given my
> hardware setup?
> 
> 

Please do answer 1-3 if you want help. Grub uses UUID's and hdx, fstab
uses UUID's and sdx. sda(x) (where 'x' is the partition number). See:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab and
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto for more info.