[HELP] Ploblem with windows7 boot loader for adding ubuntu 8.10

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Hi all!
this is my first thread here. I'm 15 nd dunno how 2 do things wid my PC. So ppl rather uncles nd bhaiyas pls help. :grin:

ok.all i wanted was to try Windows7 on my PC which already had XP and ubuntu 8.10 installed on separate partitions. My Config i as fiollows:

Intel Core2quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz
MSI P35 Platinum Board
2 Gigs single-channel RAM

After installing ubuntu over Xp i had d grub bootloader which had n option of choosing either XP or ubuntu. but whn i recenrly installed win7, the bootloader bcame windows7's and i had options only to run either 7 or 'older version of windows'.
Now i had read abt BCD Edit using which one could actually add Ubuntu to Win7's bootloader, bt i tried and it didn't work out. Maybe i dont knw how to......
PLEASE HELP!
thnx :wink:

hey there...
Don't go for windows boot loader....
i don't know whether u can add option of linux in windows boot loader or not...... :?:

but u can reinstall grub and mount all your OS partition....
simply go through this thread.....
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36879:wink:

ya tht's okay with me either ways....grub or windows bootloader
but what i want is HOW:roll:
i mean if i re-install GRUB thn it'll add both XP and win7 bt wht abt my data nd setting on ubuntu
i want to boot into the same ubuntu!

i m tell u to install grub boot loader and not whole ubuntu...
this will just overwrite ur windows boot loader....
ur ubuntu settings n data won't go.....

ohk thnx....ill try tht !

Hi,
My problem is I have two hard drive in one xp and in another fedora, I can boot in both but by setting HD preference in BIOS, I wanna add xp in my grub How do go about this. My grub config look like this

Code:

#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
[B][B]title Windows XP
               map (hd0) (hd1)
               map (hd1) (hd0)
               rootnoverify (hd1,0)
               chainloader +1[/B][/B]

title Fedora (2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686)
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=f26ce451-55a5-4c4d-90b7-c6122bace99f rhgb quiet
	initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686.img
title Other
	rootnoverify (hd0,4)
	chainloader +1

the text in bold I added to do but its not working at all. Please help.