dual boot - xp behaves strange

[Rares Vernica]

Hi,

I ran "find /boot/grub/stage1" in grub console and the result was 
(hd0,0). I think this means that grub is installed on the first 
partition. The first partition is the Ubuntu partition.

Now, if I install grub on MBR, will I end up having 2 grubs?

Btw, just to clarify, I can boot both operating systems (Windows and 
Ubuntu). The problem is that when I boot Windows, it disables to boot 
flag from the Ubuntu partition. So, in order to be able to boot Ubuntu 
again, I use "diskpart" in Windows and set back the boot flag on the 
Ubuntu partition.

I would prefer a solution where I don't have to install any of the systems.

Thank you very much,
Ray

Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (18/01/07 17:16), Rares Vernica wrote:
>> How can I repair the part that Grub needs and Windows overwrote?
> 
> There are probably a number of ways to do this and your need to know
> which partition holds / and /boot (often they are one and the same).
> Booting from the Ubuntu CD should allow your to mount the partitions and
> verify where they are.  
> 
> The way I do it is boot with D(ebian) F(rom) S(cratch)
> http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/html/
> and at the grub menu press 'c' to give you a grub prompt. at the prompt
> type the following and check the responses; if there are errors you need
> to work out what information you've entered incorrectly:
> 
>> root (hd0,x)  # where 0 is first disk and x is the partition number
>  		# minus 1 (eg if boot is on hda3, you type hd0,2)
> 
>> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hday 	# where y = / partition
> 
>> initrd /initrd.img
> 
>> boot
> 
> Once booted into your system run:
> 
> $ sudo grub-install /dev/hda
> 
> $ sudo update-grub
> 
> You should then have a dual boot system recovered.
> 
> 
> YMMV
> 
> Regards
> 
> Clive
>