hello,
please allow me to fast-forward to today in the project, this requires attention/correction.
I don't see any sign of grub4dos. all I see is grub2 in the title bar.
I also need a prepared menu.lst (something I don't know how to do) placed in /boot/grub/
from the beginning:
the motherboard is an A8N-LA
it is working with 2g of pc3200 ram
two IDE/pata hard drives are being used because of the sata driver issue (an issue that has blocked me every time).
the project is a dual-boot xp and xubuntu using grub4dos to eventually boot both OS's.
to partition a hard drive and install xp on a hard drive by itself.
the xp hard drive will be on the end connector on a ribbon cable, jumpered as master.
then connect another hard drive to the middle connector, jumpered as slave and partition and install xubuntu. grub2 will, at this time, be the bootloader.
then install grub4dos on the hard drive, with the intention of using grub4dos as the boot manager. I prefer to remove grub2 entirely, but am willing to wait and see how this goes. if leaving grub2 has any benefit, I am open to leaving it on.
I have now installed xp on a maxtor 6L020L1 and xubuntu on a quantum fireball ct1515
below I provide more relevant info
in the bios, under main tab
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*first channel device 0 maxtor 6L020L1
*first channel device 1 quantum fireball
*second channel device 0 none
*second channel device 1 none
*third channel device 0 plextor dvdr
*fourth channel device 0 none
*fifth channel device 0 none
*sixth channel device 0 none
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under boot tab
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1st boot device HDD group
2nd boot device CD-ROM group
3rd boot device floppy group
4th boot device network boot group
*floppy group boot priority not installed
*CD-ROM group boot priority plextor dvdr
*HDD group boot priority maxtor 6L020L
*network group boot priority not installed
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when highlighting 'HDD group boot priority' and pressing 'enter', this is offered
1. 1st master: maxtor 6L020L
2. 1st slave: quantum fireball ct1515
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more:
1. boot.ini from xp
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
2. fdisk -l from xubuntu
ed@ed-ER919AA-ABA-SR1820NX-NA620 ~ $ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for ed:
Disk /dev/sda: 20.5 GB, 20547841536 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2498 cylinders, total 40132503 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00051fc1
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 20482874 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Disk /dev/sdb: 17.4 GB, 17360093184 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2110 cylinders, total 33906432 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000643db
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 17577983 8787968 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 17577984 20508671 1465344 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdc: 4022 MB, 4022337024 bytes
124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1021 cylinders, total 7856127 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0004cd04
3. installation of grub4dos
a. grldr placed in root of /dev/sdb1
b. bootlace.com installed at /dev/sdb - NOT installed on sda, xp hard drive maxtor 6L020L
sudo su cd Desktop ./bootlace.com /dev/sdb
in case of permission error message:
sudo chmod 0777 bootlace.com
extra info.
to place grldr in root:
it should also be on desktop
sudo su cd Desktop cp grldr /
the OS's boot up fine with grub2, but, of course, that's not what I want. all hardware is working properly.
problems that now exist:
I don't see any sign of grub4dos. all I see is grub2 in the title bar.
I also need a prepared menu.lst (something I don't know how to do) placed in /boot/grub/
any advice, suggestions, or info is most appreciated.