Virtual Box & Windows -

[Bob Goodwin]

On 25/03/11 11:01, compdoc wrote:
>> That's still not what I wanted, I would prefer to use the
>> Windows already on one of my hard drives and dual boot
>> via grub. I will try the procedure you describe, if I can't
>> manage that then the problem will be resolved with an
>> eventual new install of F-15.
>
> This was something I posted earlier, but I didn't reply to the thread
> properly, so it might have started a new thread:
>
>
>> My problem is
>> that the only way I can get Windows to run is to plug it into
>> the first slot, then Windows boots but I never see grub.
> By first slot I guess you sata port? It's been a while since I've noticed
> Windows caring about device order. I have seen windows try to change its
> drive letter when it finds itself on a new drive port, but that was only
> under certain conditions.
>
> When you move your windows drive to port 1, you don't see grub because grub
> is installed on the other drive. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about
> dual booting with grub, so maybe someone else here can tell you how...
>
> I think if you were to place your windows drive in port 1, and then were to
> set up grub to run from the windows drive, it would solve the problem?
>
>
>

        Yes, and it does, selects Windows or Linux, but then I get the
        wrong F-14.

        I shrunk the Windows partition and installed a new copy of F-14
        on the hard drive that came with this box [I bought it with XP
        Pro installed].

        The working copy of F-14 that I am using now to type this is
        updated and very much re-configured with XFCE, etc. and was
        transplanted from a failed computer that did dual boot ok. Now
        if I could do surgery on this grub with a text editor and
        install it's lines booting this drive in place of the lines
        booting the un-updated copy ... Can I do that?

        A few days ago I was messing with grub and had to "rescue" with
        grub-install. I tend to panic when I lose this computer,
        although I have a second like it for backup and my nfs server too.

        Bob