Grub not installing when Xubuntu installs

[Ric Moore]

On 06/12/2012 10:33 PM, Bill Stanley wrote:
> On 06/12/2012 10:01 PM, chris wrote:
>> On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 01:22 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>>> On 13 June 2012 01:08, chris<chevhq at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I suspect he may not have the technical know how Liam
>>>> cheers
>>>
>>> I know, which is why, before we started down that route, I would try
>>> to find out exactly what happened.
>>>
>>> If there are 2 HDs and GRUB is on disk 2 along with all the rest of
>>> Linux, then changing the BIOS is by /far/ the easiest way to switch
>>> between them, I reckon.
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> I agree.
>> Providing he is capable of telling us that!
>
> I am still here but was unable to reply sooner because of other pressing
> matters. I will try to see If I can change the default boot order in the
> BIOS first. If that fails, I'll try to boot into the Linux partition and
> changing grub there. Still, the installation program should have chosen
> the correct place to put the grub boot loader. In the past, it did.
>
> PS. One should not make snap judgments on my competence I am just not as
> experienced with Linux as I am in other areas of CS. (Do you care to ask
> me questions about program verification, software testing and debugging?
> Ask away! I just need a sounding board from more experienced Linux users
> before trying something that might be time consuming.
Don't feel too bad Bill. I had completely re-installed my machine and 
ran all the updates before I noticed all the the 32bit stuff being 
installed. I used the wrong DVD. :) Ric


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