<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Karl Larsen <<a href="mailto:k5di@zianet.com">k5di@zianet.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Donny George wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Steve Flynn <<a href="mailto:anothermindbomb@gmail.com">anothermindbomb@gmail.com</a>>wrote: > > >> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Donny George <<a href="mailto:donny008@gmail.com">donny008@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> >> >>> during the installation of the xubuntu the partioner had detected my ntfs >>> files. and even the gparted does detect my ntfs partitions though its >>> >> shows >> >>> an red exclamation mark on the primary vista partition. >>> >> I cannot say what the red "!" means (as I'm not around an Ubuntu >> machine or have access to gparted man pages) but I assume it's >> something along the lines of overlapping partitions or something >> similar which needs to be sorted out at some stage. Someone else will >> have to give you advice on this as I'd be working blind. >> >> >>> the grub/menu.lst has only options for ubuntu and ubuntu recovery mode >>> >> and >> >>> ubunu memtest86 >>> >>> the partition is as follows >>> >>> sda1 ntfs 35 gb >>> >> sda1 is your primary Vista partition? Could you clarify please. >> >> >>> sda2 ntfs 15 gb >>> >> sda2 is a data partition perhaps? Cold you also clarify this. >> >> >>> sda5 swap 1 gb >>> sda6 exts 18 gb >>> >>> i happened to come across a post which modifies the grub/menu.lst to get >>> >> the >> >>> grub with vista option >>> >> All you should need to do is insert a stanza for your Vista partition >> - to do this we need to know which of the two ntfs partitions listed >> above (sda1, sda2) is your actual Vista partition. Clarify that and we >> should be able to give you a cut 'n' paste entry for your menu.lst >> file, you can then run an grub update and pot the output from the >> update to ensure it looks ok... and you're good to go. >> >> >>> thanks for ur help >>> >> No worries - jsut tell us which partition is Vista and we'll knock up >> a Windows stanza for you. >> >> -- >> Steve >> When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many >> people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. >> >> 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 >> >> -- >> ubuntu-users mailing list >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> >> >> > > > hello > > the primary vista partition is sda1 ntfs 35 gb > > cud u guide me ? > > > </div></div> As it happens Windows ALWAYS has /dev/sda1 or hd(0,0) so that is what you use for grub. <div class="Ih2E3d"> Karl -- Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI Linux User #450462 <a href="http://counter.li.org" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org</a>. PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7 -- </div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> thankyou so much karl the solution was indeed helpful thankyou one and all -- Donny George