On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:12:46 +0000, Philipp Pagel wrote:

> OK - can you show us the respective linux devices, too? I mean something
> like this:
>
> device fs mount point
> /dev/hda1 NTFS
> /dev/hdb1 ext3 /
> /dev/hdb2 ext2 /home
>
> As you say you can see your windows data from Linux it's probably all in
> /etc/fstab.


The contents of my fstab doesn't show anything like that, but here it is:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=95fbb720-8f62-4fba-aaed-438b8050d2f6 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sdb5
UUID=ca2792c5-34da-42b0-b0f2-c87cf7f61159 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

I don't know if this matters but when I call up the properties on my
master drive I get the usual basic info but also this under the Volume Tab -

Mount Point - Not Mounted
File System - Not Mounted
Mount Options - Not Mounted

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:21:52 +0000, Mike wrote:

> I was just reading my menu.lst file under boot/grub, I can see the
> entries for Ubuntu but there is no entry for XP. Now if I'm reading this
> right, all the Ubuntu entries are on my slave drive, first partition.
>
> title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic root (hd1,0)
> [...]

Right - counting starts at zero and so (hd1,0) means second hard drive,
first partition.

> This is the example shown in the menu.lst file (except I edited it to
> say XP instead of 95/98/2000). Which is also the same example on the GNU
> GRUB manual web page. Which reads as master drive, first partition,
> where WinXP is and boots from.
>
> title Windows XP
> root (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1

Okay, it's the same example that Philipp has shown. I bet your XP boot
partition is the first on the master drive, so just de-comment these
lines then and it should lift off after rebooting. No need to run any
programs after changing menu.lst (that's nice of GRUB).

> BTW - Forgive me if the word wrap is messed up on this - Not use to Pan
> just yet.

There's a "Wrap Text" option in posting window's Edit menu. It should be
on by default, by maybe Pan (my current favorite) only wraps text while
you're typing it, not pasting from clipboard. Anyway, it's good to use a
newsreader that has a 100% Good Netkeeping Seal of Approval evaluation,
isn't it?

--
Krzysztof Lubanski

> Okay, it's the same example that Philipp has shown. I bet your XP boot
> partition is the first on the master drive, so just de-comment these
> lines then and it should lift off after rebooting. No need to run any
> programs after changing menu.lst (that's nice of GRUB).

It certainly looks easy enough to do. It's funny, I can tear through the
windows registry with complete confidence that I know exactly what I'm
doing. Low-Level format on a hard drive, no sweat. But this seemingly
simple thing has me just a little nervous. :-)

I'll find out shortly though......


>
> There's a "Wrap Text" option in posting window's Edit menu. It should be
> on by default, by maybe Pan (my current favorite) only wraps text while
> you're typing it, not pasting from clipboard. Anyway, it's good to use a
> newsreader that has a 100% Good Netkeeping Seal of Approval evaluation,
> isn't it?


Yeah, I used the "Wrap Now / Wrap Text" but those long lines looked like a
mess in the posting window. Shows up fine in the article window though. I
like Pan well enough, just kinda like my old fossil NewsX because I had it
setup so that it was one separate window for newsgroups, a separate window
for articles, and a separate window for message bodies instead of all
three in one window.

One more question? Ummm, how do I edit the menu.lst file? It's "read only"
and I can't change the permissions - something about I'm not the owner so
I can't change the property settings on it.

"Gerry \(The MOTH\)" <Gerry (TheMOTH)> wrote in news:46d663f2$1_1
@glkas0286.greenlnk.net:

> This thread gives good instructions for accessing both windows from ubuntu
> and ubuntu from windows.
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=531851
>
> The site I used quite a lot when I first started was psychocats, it gives
> great guides for all the basics.
> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/


At the risk of one more post in an already longer than usual thread......:-)

Thanks for the links. I got windows set up in Ubuntu and vice-versa without
any difficulty. I also found the procedure for fixing my refresh rate problem
in Ubuntu. Actually found specifics to my particular monitor and video card
despite they're both kind of old hardware.

Next up is my soundcard and mouse. But I'll make a new post if I run into
problems and can't find a solution from the several various Linux websites I
now have bookmarked. :-)