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Old 10-06-2004, 12:45 AM   #1
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Small Grub Problem


i just installed fedora over redhat 9. i was using grub to dual boot with xp. fedora redid grub, but now only fedora is showing up in the list, no dos. how can i get dos back?
 
Old 10-06-2004, 03:33 AM   #2
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From Red Hat documentation on setting up /boot/grub/grub.conf, add this:

# section to load Windows xp
title windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

If that fails, search this board for dual boot questions. There are tons of 'em.
 
Old 10-07-2004, 01:04 PM   #3
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if above post fails look at how your system boots and how its partitons. I give examples here

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...troubleshooter
 
  


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