[SLL] [Fwd: Grub not right on new install.]

[Clifford Snow]

On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 16:35 -0700, Jim Smith wrote:

> I installed 8.04 on a desktop system intending it to dual boot with
> WinXP, which one user requires for coursework software. The install went
> fine and Hardy is running great on the system. The problem is that Grub
> somehow did not pick up the WinXP installation which is in a partition
> on another hard drive. Do you think that running "sudo update-grub" will
> be enough, or as I fear will I need to add WinXP manually?

> WinXP is on the first partition of the first drive, /dev/sda, Ubuntu is
> on a partition of the second drive, /dev/sdb.

Just add in another section for XP, 
Something like:

title WinXP
	rootnoverify (hd0,0)
	chainloader +1