I am attemting to install Ubuntu 7.10 on to my XP machine.
I followed the wiki on dual booting with vista. i thought it would work as i am using the vista bootloader.
i followed the instructions and i got the error message saying that grub could not be installed. i found that other people have got this and been told to use neogrub.
i think that i have set up neogrub wrong as when i select ubuntu from the bootloader list a heap of txt comes on the screen for a few seconds. then it stops with a error saying:
/init: /init: 157: syntax error ox(hd0,2)
[ 2.444000] kernel panic -not syncing attempt to kill init
my menue.lst is this
title Ubuntu
find --set-root /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic ro root=(hd0,2)
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
i am not 100% that i have the partition location correct. i have 2 drives set up like:
disk A
30gb partition (C winxp)
50gb partition (ubuntu)(was vista)
240gb partition (D programs)
disk B (external sata drive conected via eSata)
320gb (my documents)
im not sure which disk is disk0 and which is disk1 as disk A is my boot disk but disk B comes up first in partition magic. also the 50gb partition is after c:/ and before d:/ but was created 3rd so i am not sure if it is partition 1 or 2. the ubuntu installer called it partition# 3
is there a way i can find out what disk is what
i have tryed having the menu.lst root line as (hd0,2) and (hd1,2) both get the same answer.
i have also tryed changing my menu.lst to this
find --set-root /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=e888585d-ad1d-4cb1-8763-11f2a165e2c3 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
boot
as was sugested in this thread Vista/ubuntu dual boot problem - The NeoSmart Forums. that got the ubuntu loading screen up but it hung.
i am well experenced in xp but have only ever used linux once for a day until i got grub problems.
any help would be great.
I followed the wiki on dual booting with vista. i thought it would work as i am using the vista bootloader.
i followed the instructions and i got the error message saying that grub could not be installed. i found that other people have got this and been told to use neogrub.
i think that i have set up neogrub wrong as when i select ubuntu from the bootloader list a heap of txt comes on the screen for a few seconds. then it stops with a error saying:
/init: /init: 157: syntax error ox(hd0,2)
[ 2.444000] kernel panic -not syncing attempt to kill init
my menue.lst is this
title Ubuntu
find --set-root /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic ro root=(hd0,2)
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
i am not 100% that i have the partition location correct. i have 2 drives set up like:
disk A
30gb partition (C winxp)
50gb partition (ubuntu)(was vista)
240gb partition (D programs)
disk B (external sata drive conected via eSata)
320gb (my documents)
im not sure which disk is disk0 and which is disk1 as disk A is my boot disk but disk B comes up first in partition magic. also the 50gb partition is after c:/ and before d:/ but was created 3rd so i am not sure if it is partition 1 or 2. the ubuntu installer called it partition# 3
is there a way i can find out what disk is what
i have tryed having the menu.lst root line as (hd0,2) and (hd1,2) both get the same answer.
i have also tryed changing my menu.lst to this
find --set-root /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=e888585d-ad1d-4cb1-8763-11f2a165e2c3 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
boot
as was sugested in this thread Vista/ubuntu dual boot problem - The NeoSmart Forums. that got the ubuntu loading screen up but it hung.
i am well experenced in xp but have only ever used linux once for a day until i got grub problems.
any help would be great.
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