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Old 04-13-2007, 08:04 PM   #1
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Duel Booting Windows XP Using XP Boot Loader and Fedora 6 with a CD Burner Only


Fedora Core 6 Install

This by all means may not work for everybody.

I run an Intel D865perl motherboard with 2.6 gig Intel processor with 1 gig of ram. Two IDE 250 gig
hard drives. The first hard drive is for Windows XP. Second hard drive is for Fedora and data
backups.

Drive 2 the first 40 gig is Fedora and the second 210 gig is for files backups and Norton ghost 2007
images. Which I never doing anything without a current image file it will save your butt.

Install Fedora Core 6 on the second hard drive and use the automatic partitioning tool but don't
put grub on your Master MBR put it on the first sector on your second drive. When you get to the
Boot Loader Configuration screen make sure you check the Configure advanced boot loader
options. The next screen will give the option where to put Grub Boot Loader. It should say like
hda or hdb. Hda is usually your XP Drive. Put it on hdb. From their finish loading.

Now duel booting using XP boot manager (My Preference. I don't like third party boot managers.)

Use your rescue CD to boot for Fedora or your DVD or #1 install CD.
At the boot prompt press F2 or type linux rescue.
Hit enter for English
Hit enter for us
Setup network select no
At the rescue screen select continue
At the next rescue screen hit enter
Now you have a prompt sh-3.00#
At the prompt type in chroot /mnt/sysimage
If hdb2 is Not your boot partition, change it as appropriate. Type: df then determine which hda#
(Note: Mine reads /dev/hdb2)
Run the command dd if=/dev/hdb2 of=boot.lnx bs=512 count=1
You should see
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
Type ls and you should see a file named boot.lnx
At the prompt type mkdir /download
At the prompt type cp boot.lnx /download (Note: do a cd /download and then ls to see if it copied it
there if it did move on to next step)
Type mkisofs -o data.iso -r /download (Note: type ls you should see a file called data.iso)
At the prompt type dmesg your going to have to find your cd Burner in here. ( Note:It's a lot of info)
( Mine reads hdc: memorex 16x-DDL-IN, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive)
(Mine reads hdd: Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RW1D2,ATAPI CD-/DVD-ROM drive)
From here insert a CD-R or A CD-RW into the CD burner
Type cdrecord -v dev=/dev/hdd data.iso
It should have copied the file to your CD burner (Note: If you have another Windows Computer you
Can check to see if the file is there. It should have the boot.lnx on it.)

Now reboot to Windows

Copy boot.lnx to your root directory
Right click on your boot.ini file select properties and uncheck read only click ok
Double click your boot.ini file and add one line at the end it should read
C:\boot.lnx="Fedora Core 6". Then save it. When you reboot your XP boot
manager will come up and you can chose Fedora it jumps to the Grub Boot manager on your
second drive.

My file looks like this

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)(1)\windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)(1)\windows="Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
c:\boot.lnx="Fedora Core 6 Project"

You call it anything you want

Last edited by harley51; 04-13-2007 at 08:37 PM.
 
Old 04-13-2007, 08:17 PM   #2
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Can I suggest you edit your title to something like

dual booting using Microsoft bootloader to XP or FC6

Your current title might seduce some to read your howto looking for a third party solution, hehh heh

end of rant from grub fanatic.
 
  


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