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 Re: How to remove 1 of the 3 systems fro 
 26 Feb 07 15:03:42 
 
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:27:55 -0500, Fedor DeGazz wrote:

> Using GRUB as my bootloader, I have Windows Millennium on hda1; Windows XP
> on hdb1 and Ubuntu 6.06 on hdb2. I want to completely remove Windows XP
> and have dual boot with Millennium and Ubuntu only. The way it is
> currently set up, it boots first to a menu where I choose Ubuntu or
> Windows, and if I choose Windows it takes me to another menu where I
> choose XP or Millennium. Can anyone tell me what I must do to remove XP
> from my system and have it boot Ubuntu and Millennium? I'm not sure how to
> go about it without making a mistake and having it not boot at all. I have
> the GRUB configuration tool in Ubuntu but it doesn't seem to be of any
> help with what I want to do. Thanks.

Well, it sounds like you need to alter the Windows MBR (Boot.ini?) to have
ME only, then delete the XP bit. You shouldn't need to alter the GRUB
loader.

But why would you want to keep Millenium rather than XP?

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