Dual booting with separate ubuntu and xp installs

See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/How_to_dual-boot_Ubuntu_and_XP_after_installing_them_separately_on_two_HDs

Backup your menu.lst first:

sudo cp /etc/grub/menu.lst /etc/grub/menu.lst.bkp

Find out where your Windows hard disk is with (if you are confused here just post the result here and someone might help)

sudo fdisk -l

Then you need to add the new entry to grub with

sudo gedit /etc/grub/menu.lst

And then add the entry:

title           Windows XP Professional
root            (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader     +1
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)

Intel DG965WH incompatible with Windows XP?!

Having decided to reinstall Windows XP due to issues with wireless networking complications, I have discovered that Windows XP SP1 will not install on the latest BIOS version of the Intel DG965WH motherboard.

To combat this I’ve reflashed the board with an old version of the BIOS and it works fine now. What a waste of a weekend…

Ubuntu

I’ve just downloaded Ubuntu Linux and burnt it onto a CD.

Impressive stuff – I booted from CD, and the OS runs from CD. Really! OpenOffice (bit like MS Office) and GIMP (rather like Photoshop) run from CD, along with everything else AFAIK. Now that is impressive!

It appears to be based on Debian.

There’s automatically an icon on the desktop to install to a local drive. It appears that it can install in free space on an XP disk (subject to defrag first I guess).

I must point out that I am not a computer expert – I’m writing this out of interest, not as an professional.

Planet-X bikes

What can I say? The folks at Planet-X recently sorted me out with the most incredible “Superlight” wheels. Briefly:

• Double eyeletted wheels
• Superlight cartridge bearing hubs
• Sapim Laser spokes
• Tied and soldered

They are truly lightweight and amazingly fast. I noticed today, however, that the bearing inside the freehub part of the rear hub has become rather rough. Expecting a huge bill, I called Planet-X at lunchtime today who put me through to Mark, their wheel builder, who talked over the issue with me and suggested I call late afternoon / tomorrow.

Minutes later I received a call from Jen in customer service who said they’d send a new one immediately, free of charge!

What a brilliant exmaple of how thing can and should be. Well done, Planet-X!