09-13-2009
I think your problem is not UNIX or XP, it is really BIOS settings. Usually the BIOS provides a screen to allow you to change boot order for drives and other boottime parameters. Pressing F9 during boot allows you to change BIOS settings.
Go to your BIOS manufacturers website for help.
Are you using grub to dual boot?
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grub2-bios-setup
GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(3) Library Functions Manual GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(3)
NAME
grub-bios-setup -- Set up images to boot from a device.
SYNOPSIS
grub-bios-setup [-a | --allow-floppy] [-b | --boot-image=FILE]
[-c | --core-image=FILE] [-d | --directory=DIR]
[-f | --force] [-m | --device-map=FILE]
[-s | --skip-fs-probe] [-v | --verbose] DEVICE
DESCRIPTION
You should not normally run this program directly. Use grub-install instead.
OPTIONS
--allow-floppy
Make the device also bootable as a floppy. This option is the default for /dev/fdX devices. Some BIOSes will not boot images cre-
ated with this option.
--boot-image=FILE
Use FILE as the boot image. The default value is boot.img.
--core-image=FILE
Use FILE as ther core image. The default value is core.img.
--directory=DIR
Use GRUB files in the directory DIR. The default value is /boot/grub.
--force
Install even if problems are detected.
--device-map=FILE
Use FILE as the device map. The default value is /boot/grub/device.map .
--skip-fs-probe
Do not probe DEVICE for filesystems.
--verbose
Print verbose messages.
SEE ALSO
info grub
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