On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:08:00 +0000, Krzysztof Lubanski wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> Don't bother yourself with VMware now. It lets you e.g. run Windows "from
> inside" Linux, but as you're not yet proficient with Linux I'd recommend
> you to just boot the two systems alternatively. It's simple, safer, no
> needless magic involved.
>
> And for your booting problem - are you still booting from the master
> drive, or have you changed BIOS settings to boot from slave drive (where
> Ubuntu resides)?


I never bothered with changing the boot order in the bios settings, except
when I needed to boot up with the Live Cd. Afterward I put it back in the
order it's always been in:

1st - Floppy
2nd - Primary Master (Where XP is)
3rd - cd-rom

>
> Guys, is it reasonable to ask Mike that he posts his /boot/grub/menu.lst
> file here, or is there any easy-to-use GRUB configuration app in Ubuntu
> (I'm using Debian, so the config files are similar, but I never used any
> special app to edit my menu.lst)?
>

Do you want to see the WHOLE file? :-)

Mike