Jake wrote:
> I have Ubuntu 8.04 and I installed it to work "with" Windows XP, and now
> I can't get to Windows XP anymore, it automatically boots into Ubuntu, I
> need help on how to either UNINSTALL Ubuntu or INSTRUCTIONS on how to
> get to Windows XP, all your help will be appreciated..
We need some more information. Can you please do the following:-
1) go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal
2) type in the following exactly as written:-
sudo fdisk -l > ~/mydisks.txt
3) type in your password when prompted
4) Now go to Places -> Home Folder
5) Double click on mydisks.txt
6) press the Ctrl and A keys at the same time
7) press the Ctrl and C keys at the same time
8) Reply to this message and then press Ctrl and V to paste the content
into the message
9) Please then send us the reply with the output included - on my system
using Thunderbird it's just a question of pressing the Send key.
Good luck.
Alan
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08-04-2008, 11:17 AM
Derek Broughton
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Alan Milnes wrote:
> Jake wrote:
>> I have Ubuntu 8.04 and I installed it to work "with" Windows XP, and now
>> I can't get to Windows XP anymore, it automatically boots into Ubuntu, I
>> need help on how to either UNINSTALL Ubuntu or INSTRUCTIONS on how to
>> get to Windows XP, all your help will be appreciated..
>
> We need some more information.
We do? Can't hurt, but I usually assume that users did what they say they
did until proved elsewise.
Jake: edit /boot/grub/menu.lst as root (so use sudo, gksudo, kdesudo,
whichever is appropriate with your editor of choice). There should be
commented lines for a Windows boot like:
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
Copy those either before or after the section labelled "AUTOMAGIC KERNELS
LIST" (depending whether you want Windows first or last), and uncomment
them. Then run:
# sudo update-grub
That should be all you need.
> Can you please do the following:-
...
> sudo fdisk -l > ~/mydisks.txt
>
> 3) type in your password when prompted
There's no need for sudo or output redirection.
> 4) Now go to Places -> Home Folder
>
> 5) Double click on mydisks.txt
>
> 6) press the Ctrl and A keys at the same time
>
> 7) press the Ctrl and C keys at the same time
Could have cut and pasted from the terminal more easily.
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08-04-2008, 03:28 PM
"Mumia W."
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On 08/04/2008 03:10 AM, Jake wrote:
> In that case I might have already installed [Grub] without selecting it
> to dual boot with Windows XP, is there anyway to fix this either by
> Uninstalling Ubuntu or otherwise?
>
>
Bookmark https://help.ubuntu.com/ for future reference.
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08-04-2008, 08:36 PM
Alan Milnes
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Derek Broughton wrote:
> Could have cut and pasted from the terminal more easily.
Derek - you make lots of assumptions about what a confused user can do.
I provided step by step instructions as to how to determine what his
disk set up is. No point in screwing about with Grub if Windows isn't there.
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08-04-2008, 08:37 PM
Alan Milnes
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Derek Broughton wrote:
>> sudo fdisk -l > ~/mydisks.txt
>>
>> 3) type in your password when prompted
>
> There's no need for sudo or output redirection.
If you don't use sudo you don't get any output!!
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08-05-2008, 03:34 PM
Derek Broughton
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Alan Milnes wrote:
> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>> sudo fdisk -l > ~/mydisks.txt
>>>
>>> 3) type in your password when prompted
>>
>> There's no need for sudo or output redirection.
>
> If you don't use sudo you don't get any output!!
I certainly do.
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08-05-2008, 03:57 PM
Ulf Rompe
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On Di, 2008-08-05 at 12:34 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> >>> sudo fdisk -l > ~/mydisks.txt
> >>>
> >>> 3) type in your password when prompted
> >>
> >> There's no need for sudo or output redirection.
> >
> > If you don't use sudo you don't get any output!!
>
> I certainly do.
That's because you are a member of group "disk" or altered the
permissions to /dev/sd*. Unprivileged users will just get "Cannot
open /dev/XXX". (Which of course is some kind of output, too - you're
right.)
[x] ulf
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08-05-2008, 04:28 PM
Chris Jones
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> That's because you are a member of group "disk" or altered the
> permissions to /dev/sd*. Unprivileged users will just get "Cannot
> open /dev/XXX". (Which of course is some kind of output, too - you're
> right.)
Actually, I get precisely zero output without sudo.
chris ~ > fdisk -l
chris ~ >
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08-05-2008, 05:26 PM
Alan Milnes
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Chris Jones wrote:
>> That's because you are a member of group "disk" or altered the
>> permissions to /dev/sd*. Unprivileged users will just get "Cannot
>> open /dev/XXX". (Which of course is some kind of output, too - you're
>> right.)
>
> Actually, I get precisely zero output without sudo.
>
> chris ~ > fdisk -l
> chris ~ >
Same here - hence why I told the OP to use sudo :-)
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08-05-2008, 05:41 PM
Derek Broughton
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Ulf Rompe wrote:
> On Di, 2008-08-05 at 12:34 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> >>> sudo fdisk -l > ~/mydisks.txt
>> >>>
>> >>> 3) type in your password when prompted
>> >>
>> >> There's no need for sudo or output redirection.
>> >
>> > If you don't use sudo you don't get any output!!
>>
>> I certainly do.
>
> That's because you are a member of group "disk"
I am...
> or altered the
> permissions to /dev/sd*.
I certainly wouldn't.
So the question becomes, "does the initial user get automatically added to
disk?" I think it must.
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