<div dir="ltr">Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:11:44 -0400 From: Dirk Freitag <<a href="mailto:unreal.linux@gmail.com" target="_blank">unreal.linux@gmail.com</a>> Subject: Re: Live CD on dual boot To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><div>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:49C93070.3080401@gmail.com" target="_blank">49C93070.3080401@gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Saba Moshe wrote: > In my computer's BIOS CD is the first in the boot order. > > I was using LiveCDs of different disros to decide which of them will I > install. > > Since I installed Ubuntu dual-boot with XP I lost the abilty to boot to > any LiveCD. > > Is there an entry I can add to the grub file to enable me to choose a > LiveCD boot? > > Thanks > > Saba Moshe > > -- > Proudly sent using Ubuntu 8.10 > Registered Linux user / machine: 482556 / 392821 > <<a href="http://www.sh-dor.info/" target="_blank">http://www.sh-dor.info</a>>,<<a href="http://www.lupu.info/" target="_blank">http://www.lupu.info</a>>,<<a href="http://www.d-hk.org/" target="_blank">http://www.d-hk.org</a>> > > > > > The fact that your system is dual-booted should not matter when it comes to loading LiveCDs. I have been triple booted before and still able to load a LiveCD. Double check your BIOS and make sure that the CD is set to boot before the HDD. -- Dirk Freitag Linux Registered User Number 487244 [<a href="http://counter.li.org/" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org/</a>] </div> >>> Thank you Dirk for your prompt note, so I thought. I double checked it before posting, and also searched for relevant postings in Ubuntu's forums and on Google, but found nothing relevant. Facts are: Cd is first in BIOS' boot order, there is a Live CD in the CD tray, but it boots to grub's boot menu. I assumed that if I add to the grub file an entry with the CD as target, I'll be able to choose it from the boot-menu. But it probably needs mounting first the cdrom and I am too newbie to create this entry by myself. Any lead will be appreciated. Saba Moshe -- Proudly sent using Ubuntu 8.10 Registered Linux user / machine: 482556 / 392821 <<a href="http://www.sh-dor.info" target="_blank">http://www.sh-dor.info</a>>,<<a href="http://www.lupu.info" target="_blank">http://www.lupu.info</a>>,<<a href="http://www.d-hk.org" target="_blank">http://www.d-hk.org</a>> </div>