Help me with Linux!

[DarkRanger]

Hi guys!!

I'm new to Linux, installed it yesterday, and experienced it a bit! *hears deafening roars from the crowd. Waits 5 minutes for crowd to calm* Now, I installed it all by myself (Shht ettienne.) and didn't have my vista HDD plugged in. How can I set up Grubb to detect Vista and put it in my startup option??

And then, I want to know why I have to chose Linux blablabla (recovery mode) for my linux to boot?? If I just let it load itself, it gives me a black screen and NO harddrive activity... I have to select recovery mode, and type exit, then it loads into Ubuntu.

Thanks people!!

OJA!! what other programs do I need that will be quite helpfull? I program in Java, but I'm sure BlueJ will work in Linux and I use Adobe Design Suite CS3 (Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop).

Thanks again!

[SBSP]

As far as grub goes, I think it has a console when you boot it should tell you
what key to press.

thats how much i know.

Blubulls he he

[simmy]

How can I set up Grub to detect Vista and put it in my startup option??

open Terminal, type: sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

it will open the grub menu in gedit.

add this:

title Microsoft Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

[Ron2K]

rootnoverify (hd0,0)

From what I know about Linux, that line will look for the partition you want to boot from in the first partition of the first harddrive. (It counts from 0.) DR, you'll have to use your discretion as to what value to put there.

[DarkRanger]

OK, what does it detect first? SATA HDD or IDE Slave HDD???

[DarkRanger]

Blubulls he he

GRRRR!!!!