dual boot - xp behaves strange

[Derek Broughton]

Rares Vernica wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Rares Vernica wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I managed to solve it.
>>>
>>> I just removed the "makeactive" line from the Windows XP boot section in
>>> the Grub config file.
>>>
>>> It works now.
>>>
>> Whatever works!  That's odd, since I though it _should_ be active, but if
>> it ain't broke, don't fix it :-)
> 
> I don't think the windows partition needs to be active. By setting it
> active, the Ubuntu partition, on which Grub is, becomes inactive and so
> my problem.
> 
No, Ubuntu doesn't need to be "active" either.
-- 
derek