I created a dual boot winxp and fedora. I have had problems getting the two partitions to boot correctly. I have been having problems because of the way I want the computer to boot. I don't want to mess with the MBR. If I want the linux install to boot I will put a floppy in and boot from that. I originally installed fedora with no grub. I couldn't get it to boot no matter what I did. So I reinstalled Fedora and installed grub in the first sector of the linux install (I found this install option in the grub install advanced options.

It still didn't boot. I found a boot manager named "GAG". I like this boot manager. I was able to configure it to boot to windows or linux. When it goes to boot to the Fedora install this is what I get:

>grub

So I wanted to fix this and screwed up:

I wanted to use the grub-install option and this is what I typed

grub-install /dev/hda

Now my computer boots to:

>grub

So I think to fix this I need to run the MS recovery console and run fixmbr. Am I correct??? Please help me install the grub correctly, I am trying to have both op systems installed without messing with the MBR.
I believe if I can correctly install Grub, than gag will let me accomplish my goal.

Is there a grub-uninstall command??
Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge

Assuming you're having the Fedora Core 2/Windows XP boot problem follow the instructions at the site below

http://lwn.net/Articles/86835/

My goal is to dual boot winxp and fedora, without the popup menu to choose which op system. Fedora will only boot if I have a floppy in the drive. If a floppy is not in the drive then the computer will boot to the winxp install and a menu will not popup to choose which install (basically windows will not even know the linux install is there).

I am using Fedora core 3. I have installed Winxp and Fedora on one hardrive. I have left the MBR alone. I installed grub on the boot sector (hda3) of the Fedora install. Here is what I want to do:

I am trying not to mess with the mbr.

Now so far, when I install linux and install the grub in the linux boot partition (hda3), it makes that partition active. Then it will boot to

>grub

It will not boot any farther (just the command line).

Now to get windows back, I just reactivate the windows partition. It boots to windows normally.

I have tried installing without grub, but when I use gag, it reports no boot partition for the fedora install.

When I use "GAG" with the windows partition active and grub installed on the fedora boot partition. If I tell it to boot to winxp, it will no problems. If I tell it to boot to Fedora it boots to

>grub

and thats it. So if I can correctly configure grub to load the Fedora install, I would be set.

Is there a way to configure grub, when it is in the command prompt:

>grub

Thanks for your time