Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu install issue

2009/5/2 Leo <linux@???>:
> When installing 9.04 I selected the manual partition setup and just told
> it to use the above partitions. Off it went and did its thing including
> detecting that I had XP on another disk. Everything went OK until I
> rebooted the system at the end of the install. Ubuntu 9.04 wouldn't boot
> and neither would Windows XP. If I select either HDD in the BIOS it just
> gets to a screen with a flashing cursor and goes no further. Any ideas
> how I can get XP and 9.04 working again?
>

Probably grub was installed incorrectly. These may help.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto


> PS Also why was it writing to my XP disk? (At least I presume it was and
> that's why it's no longer working)
>

I guess your XP disk is /dev/sda (the first disk) which is where grub
would have been installed.

Cheers,
Al.