Booting problem

[Keith Powell]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Keith Powell wrote:
>> Karl, Mark.
>>
>> I have solved the problem.
>>
>> Recapping, the XP drive is plugged and jumpered as the master and the 
>> Ubuntu the slave.
>>
>> If I have the master drive plugged in when installing Ubuntu, the 
>> partitioner correctly recognises the slave as 'sdb'. However, if I have 
>> the master unplugged, it calls the slave 'sda'. In my 'un-expert' 
>> opinion, this is in conflict with what it should be.
>>
>> So, I have installed Ubuntu with the master plugged in and it now works.
>>
>> I expect, but am guessing here, that I could alternatively have 
>> installed Ubuntu with the other drive unplugged and edited grub/menu.lst 
>> to change sda to sdb.
>>
>> There's just one thing which has happened, which I didn't want. Ubuntu 
>> appears to have installed its grub onto the XP drive MBR. I want to find 
>> out how to reinstall the XP MBR and change the Ubuntu one to the sdb drive.
>>
> 
>     It works Keith. DO NOT MOVE grub anywhere! Use it like it is. This 
> is what the Ubuntu loader wants. It should be what you want.
> 
> Karl
> 

Karl.

Following the postings of you and Mark.I won't move it anywhere, but 
keep it 'as is'.

Cheers

Keith