[xubuntu-users] dual boot

[Joshua O'Leary]

On 11/05/12 10:33, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 19:18 +0100, Joshua O'Leary wrote:
>> On 10/05/12 14:52, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>>> I am attempting to set up a new PC with Windows XP Pro and Xubuntu
>>> 12.04. XP Pro was installed followed by Xubuntu. The computer was then
>>> re-booted but, instead of getting a list to choose the operating system
>>> from, the PC went straight into XP Pro. Presumably something is
>>> preventing Grub from working correctly and I would be grateful for
>>> suggestions on how to deal with the problem. Thanks in advance
>>>
>>>
>> As this is something that occurs quite often, I have attached a pack of
>> 4 screenshots showing how to fix the problem step by step.
>>
>> Hope it is of some help.
> Joshua, these screen shots are very helpful indeed. When I look for the
> Linux partition I see the following:-
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> System Reserved
> 500GB Filesystem
> 125GB Filesystem
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> Which one should I select?
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> Norman
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Hi Norman,
Select the one that is of the same size - if, during the install, you 
gave the most hard disk space to linux, then the linux partition would 
be the largest, if it was less hard disk space it would be the smallest. 
If in doubt, click on each, and observe the filesystem - xubuntu would 
show files like
/bin /boot /dev /etc /home .....

Windows would have
WINDOWS
Program Files
...

The boot folder needed to reinstall grub is therefore on the Linux 
partition.

Joshua