Two Harddrives, Two OS's, Need Some Help

[Drain You]

ok so I have windows Xp on one Harddrive and Ubuntu on another. How can I go about booting one up or the other? I installed each only having one harddrive in at a time and now I dont know how I can boot from whichever one I want. Thanks for any help.

 

[borat_sagdiyev]

boot loader

 

[lhuser]

There's supposed to be the GRUB boot loader that manages them.

 

[Drain You]

Thanks, Im really new to all this so I need all the help I can get.

 

[lhuser]

Well, I know a bit in there, but I'm not the 100% expert on this.

 

[Drain You]

I still dont get how this works or where to get a boot loader from.

 

[lhuser]

It should install from the disc. It's not something you download.

 

[Drain You]

oh alright

 

[borat_sagdiyev]

yes it is. but its hard to install it. but umm go to the command line in ubuntu and type something like /install grub or something like that...

 

[lhuser]

It autoinstalls it, from the box. And, usually, install either goes with the "sh" command, but some wants --install.