dual operating systems question (1 Viewer)

[Doctor Muscles]

I've got a computer with two hard disks installed. On C: I want to keep my current WinXP installation, On D: I'm fixin' to install Ubuntu.

Want to have the option on startup to choose which operating system to boot to. If both OS were installed on the same disk then I assume the option would appear automatically, but since they're being put on seperate drives I'm not sure how to go about it.

Tried fucking around in the BIOS but can't give equal priority to both disks in the boot order.

Will this be remedied if I were to physically set the hard disks to master/master as opposed to master/slave? Or is there a way to do this without bothering my bollocks to open up the puter?

Does this even make sense?

 

[Space]

I've got a computer with two hard disks installed. On C: I want to keep my current WinXP installation, On D: I'm fixin' to install Ubuntu.

Want to have the option on startup to choose which operating system to boot to. If both OS were installed on the same disk then I assume the option would appear automatically, but since they're being put on seperate drives I'm not sure how to go about it.

Tried fucking around in the BIOS but can't give equal priority to both disks in the boot order.

Will this be remedied if I were to physically set the hard disks to master/master as opposed to master/slave? Or is there a way to do this without bothering my bollocks to open up the puter?

Does this even make sense?

The set up wizard with ubuntu will pretty much do it for you. The easiet way to install ubuntu is on a new hard disk. Tis what I did with no hassle.

 

[Doctor Muscles]

Cheers, the install part went grand, I'm just wondering how to select between OS on startup.

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

Why not google "windows xp dual boot"?

 

[Doctor Muscles]

Because I'm fucking thick! Cheers!

 

[pete]

If the install went properly then you should have a new boot loader that let's you pick which OS to boot.

 

[Doctor Muscles]

Sorted it out. Switched the primary hard disk to D: (ubuntu's drive) then put it as the first boot device in BIOS. Re-started and that GNU GRUB thing appeared, letting me choose between operating systems. phew!