[ILUG] Re: Re: Grub issue trying to dual bootubuntu with stock xandros on eee.

[Stephen Kelly]

Niall Walsh wrote:

> Quoting Stephen Kelly <steveire at gmail.com>:
> 
>>> If so possible solutions include:
>>>
>>> setup a separate boot partition Xandros grub can access (e.g. ext2 or
>>> even fat)
>>
>> I'll try this one first I guess. Should I set the bootable flag on
>> the partition?
>>
> 
> No.
> 
> Probably it doesn't matter in this case, but there is no point as you
> aren't actually booting this partition.   You are still booting the
> Xandros partition and hence it's grub which will simply read a couple
> of files from this new partition when you select the appropriate entry
> from the menu.

Nice. I've now got a command line ubuntu installation. Next step I think is get that array.org kernel on here for ethernet and wireless drivers, then get kde4 on it.

Thanks for that,

Steve.


> 
> Niall
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