Thread: Installing Ubuntu boot loader on a differend hard drive

hi folks!

i've been trying find posts related problem couldn't find same scenario decided post new thread.

have following problem:

1. have 2 hard drives installed.
2. on 1 of them have windows xp installed , running normally.
3. second hard drive divided 3 partitions: ext3 partition, swap partition , ntfs partition.
4. have ubuntu installed on ext3 partition of second drive.
5. during ubuntu installation choose install boot loader (grub) second drive (with 3 partitions).

when start computer, windows xp booting correctly if never had installed ubuntu.
problem creating dual boot menu.
tried extract first 512 bytes second hard drive (which supposedly mbr), save in file, example: bootsect.lnx , create following reference in windows boot.ini file:
c:\bootsect.lnx="linux"

result - didn't work me.
when done above, windows boot menu gives "linux" option when choose same boot menu. can boot windows.

if switch hard drives in bios menu can't boot neither windows xp nor ubuntu. mean if choose ubuntu, grub error related missing system , if choose windows, " missing ntldr" message. had switch hard drives , continue windows only.


p.s. extracted mbr using following command:
dd if=/dev/sdb(x) of=/tmp/ubuntu.mbr bs=512 count=1



if me issue, more thankful!!

in advance.
eugene

have considered installing grub on first hdd, 1 windows on it?
agree changing selection in bios should have worked out of whatever reason didn't.
option make ubuntu drive first choice in bios, , setup reinstall grub on it. maybe makes difference during grub installation whether disk1 or disk2 first boot option in bios. guessing here.

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