Linux - NewbieThis Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question?
If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
I need help. I installed RH 8.0 today here is the setup
I have a 20 GB HDD.
I had dual boot betweeen WIN98 and Win XP
Win98 was C:
Win XP is E:
I formatted over Win 98 and installed RH 8.0 on it using GRUB as the boot loader.
The install went fine but I cant get back into XP. Can some one please post a link for help booting between these OS's or how to configure GRUB to boot.
Grub listings for DOS are as follows
rootnoverify (hd0, 4)
chainloader+1
Help please?
I can boot into RedHat no problem
if i choose dos it will start to load and it will just hang with the words
rootnoverify
chainloader+1
and it just sits there
I read somewherre that you have to configure grub a little differently to load with Windows OS????
In LILO you would need to trick XP into thinking it's first on the drive by remapping the drive layout. I am assuming there will be something similar in Grub.
okay I a couple of items here
1. I rebooted and went into GRUB bootloader screen
I edited the parameters for the 'dos' boot to be rootnoverify(hd1,4) as suggested. It attempts to load WInXP and then it tells me that NTLDR not found. Ibeleive that is Windows boot loader. This is not good if it can't find this file I am assuming???
2.I can get into grub but I cant open grub.conf file I get a friendly warning box that says there are no associated viewers to view the file?
3 i went to the run command and entered sbin/fdisk -l and nothing happened so what should I do from here???
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.