Boot Partition

[bigbondfan]

How do I change the defualt boot partition. At the moment it is booting from an extended partition i installed xp on, not the logical one with Grub (boot menu) on it.

 

[CrossCech]

Start>>Run>>type msconfig>>boot.ini tab>>change order and set default.

Or if you're adventurous ... search for boot.ini file and edit it.

 

[bigbondfan]

already tried this. doesn't work. the partition i want the computer to boot from does not have a dirve letter. i cannot give it one because it is formated by linux and therefore not readable through windows.

 

[CrossCech]

what linux are you running?

 

[bigbondfan]

centos and debian, though debian does not work.

 

[lhuser]

What does your boot.ini actually say?

 

[bigbondfan]

well my computer refuses to turn on now. so i am just going to reinstall everything on a new hard drive

 

[technoman2]

BIOS boot order?

 

[bigbondfan]

well, there is a way to set the boot partition from in there, but it still boots from windows. As everything has stopped woring now anyway. i have just bought a 160gb hard drive which i will use for windows. i can use my old 40gb for linux.