Thread: Grub is hiding my CD drive from WinXP
hello.
installed ubuntu 11.04 on laptop alongside winxp. reason grub hides cd drive winxp not ubuntu. can access drive in ubuntu, doesn't appear in winxp @ all.
know there solution this, can't remember is. modifying grub.conf or that. know how fix this?
i don't think possible grub xp.
far know, hands on boot process windows bootloader (ntldr), takes care of boot process, passing boot arguments specified in "boot.ini" file.
grub 'cannot' pass own boot arguements windows, hence cannot interfere how windows deals hardware (or else) while or after booting.
knowledge regarding may incomplete, although believe i'm absolutely right above explanation.
while in windows, open device manager , see if drive shows there. maybe disabled, or have no drive letter assigned.
have @ least once experienced same problem, had nothing grub or linux. 'windows only' machine. far can remember, registry error - deliberately created cd based game - "downtown run" (or maybe virus in it).
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