Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.co
!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.usadatanet
net!news.usadatanet.net.POSTED!not-for-mail
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:25:17 -0600
From: "Fedor_DeGazz" 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
References: 
<6q2dnb7eILODoH7YnZ2dnUVZ8sDinZ2d@zeelandnet.nl>
Subject: Re: How to remove 1 of the 3 systems from my PC?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:23:14 -0500
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1478
X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478
Message-ID: 
Lines: 36
NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.67.229.107
X-Trace: sv3-RtDgXQ8hKV7xtH9EfOBEimfobRApJSTOusPpT8qZoGdhPQGMPd7
q0UTQPgstzkJ3iAmiBxheAYnEpb!J6r7iJpRyN2Q9Ydwp/wQGebmAudA27DIjaoz
TC6yExJWKZYj5Kd0+LtFUBcX1dhErhim/8HyX68!Lihy+1qez5kYhUoLG8on
X-Complaints-To: abuse@usadatanet.net
X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@usadatanet.net
X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers
X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint
properly
X-Postfilter: 1.3.34
Xref: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com alt.os.linux.ubuntu:11122

"mb"  wrote in message
news:6q2dnb7eILODoH7YnZ2dnUVZ8sDinZ2d@zeelandnet.nl...
> 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?
>
> -- 
> Mike
>
    Because XP is slow on my older PC, and because I've had some trouble
with it and my hardware.

        Thanks for the replies, that really helps. I'm trying to learn these
things and knowing how to get a system to boot can be a very handy thing.

            Fedor

--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Omicron Theta BBS (1:261/20)