Dual boot - XP and Ubuntu 6.10

[babyface uk]

Afternoon all,

I'm looking to get a dual boot system for folding@home post:http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17678282 but I mucked it up.
I'm looking for a idiots guide ( I know nothing about linux ) to get a dual boot system. atm its windows on a 36gig raptor (C) and then a second 160 gig drive (D) with other bits on and i'm looking to get ubuntu-6.10-desktop-amd64.iso on D: on a partion after the bits already on there. but when I tried from the iso cd i told it to repartion the D: drive for a 60gig space for Ubuntu it it also asked me for a seperate partition for the swap space so I gave that a 20gig partion and off it went. at the end of install it asked me to remove the cd but then my keyboard stopped working ( I assume I need a ps2 keybord not a usb one?) so I had to hard reset the pc, went into bios and set drive D as the first boot drive but it just keeps booting into windows.

If you guys need any more info, please ask but i am at work so it will be from memory.

Many thanks

Babyface UK

 

[babyface uk]

Did the installation process install the bootloader?

You don't need to touch your BIOS settings; you will continue to boot off your first partition after Linux is installed. You will get a boot menu asking you to choose between Ubuntu and Windows. If the installer crashed before it installed the bootloader (grub) then Ubuntu will not boot from the hard drive.

not sure, when it was asking what to install it gave me 4 boxes, 2 had media something or other in them, 1 had "/" in it and the 4th was blank, I put "swap" on the 4th as it asked for a seperate partition for the swap file.

on reboot no boot menu - straight to xp.

Ta

Babyface UK