trouble with installation of ubuntu

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Gili Attias <gili23 at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi.i have windows xp and wanted to install ubuntu 9.10.
> i installed it just like i saw on the internet.the problem is that it seems
> id didn't install and why? because windows xp always boot and when i look
> into the hardisk, i don't see any 25gb that i allocated for ubuntu.when i
> try to reinstall ubuntu (the first time i selected install side by side) i
> choose partition manually and gave it the same size and ext4 file type and
> mount ponit "/" and the boot loader install on hd0,0.
> but still no ubuntu boot up
> i have 2 hardisk.one sata and one ide
> the sata drive is divided to 2 partition.i want to install the ubuntu along
> with the xp
> can someone help with it

Which physical drive is your system boot drive? Which one does the
computer start up from?

If the IDE drive is the 1st drive, the SATA one is the 2nd, and you
installed on the SATA one, then the computer will never get as far as
checking that one and will just boot from the 1st.

The Ubuntu setup program should detect this and cope, but it is not
perfect - nothing is!


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