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From XP/Ubuntu to XP/OSx86


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A few months ago I built an XP/Ubuntu dual-boot system. It used GRUB as a boot manager. I tried installing from the JAS 10.4.6 on the ubuntu partition and it installed and booted fine, but when i try to boot from the XP partition i got a GRUB error. So i reinstalled ubuntu, it fixed GRUB, and got back access to the XP partition. So how would i go about switching from XP/Ubuntu to XP/OSx86. in other words

 

from this:

disk0

part1 XP

part2 ubuntu

part3 linux-swap

 

to this

disk0

part1 XP

part2 OSx86

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Here's some info: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-legacy-faq.en.html#q12

 

Except that with XP, I'd boot with the XP install CD, enter the Recovery Console and do:

fixboot c:

fixmbr

bootcfg /rebuild

 

If there's still a problem and can't boot in windows, make sure the winxp partition is active (should be).

 

When you are sure you can boot into winxp without problems, then go ahead and go for osx; you can then chose either the darwin bootloader or the ntldr loader with the chain0 method to boot both.

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