I have two hard disks, one SATA, another IDE. On the SATA I have Windows 7, on the IDE I have Ubuntu 9.10. The SATA drive is set to boot by default. After installing Ubuntu, GRUB automatically installed itself on the first hard drive/MBR. This means GRUB booted whenever the SATA drive booted, I didn't want this. I wanted the Windows boot loader to boot Windows by default and GRUB to load when the IDE drive is selected. So I reinstalled the Windows 7 boot loader which wiped GRUB clean off the MBR so now Ubuntu doesn't boot. I want to reinstall Ubuntu but how exactly do I set GRUB to install onto a partition of the IDE and not the first hard drive/MBR?
Do not have the SATA connected when you install Ubuntu/GRUB. disconnect the power or remove the data cable before you boot up into Live disc (assuming you are using a Live image to install linux)
Oh cool, Thank you. I'll just disable the SATA Controller in the BIOS which will disable the SATA HDD & DVD Drive so I'll be running off a Live USB which is fine. Thanks again.
I tried Ubuntu before but I couldn't remember why I didn't like it before. Now I remember. The method of installation for programs is just plain complicated. I'll stick to Windows & Mac OS X.
Yes I have but the concept of downloading software from a single place and not being able to download whatever I like from the internet directly is just a little different (I'll get used to it eventually). Like Firefox 3.5 is included in 9.10 but the latest Firefox 3.6 is released in tar.bz2 format. It took me a while to find out which Terminal commands exactly installed it for me. I have no trouble with Debian installers but not all software will be released like that. Don't get me wrong, its not hard to learn I'm just not used to yet.
