how to boot to windows after installing fedora
 

hi I have installed fedora 8 yesterday,I am new to linux,I did not got any problem during installation but after installation i am not able to see windows xp in booting OS options,how can I boot to windows XP ,could any body help me.

When you installed Fedora did you tell the Fedora installer to overwrite your Windows XP partition? Or did you tell the Fedora installer to set up Fedora in a separate partition from Windows?

If Windows still exists and assuming that Windows is on what Windows calls the C drive then you can add some code to a Fedora file called /boot/grub/menu.lst which will put Windows XP on the grub boot list.

Boot Fedora, log in as root, and edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst. Add the following code to the end of menu.lst and grub will add Windows XP as the last option on your grub boot prompt.


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Steve Stites

Should it not be similar to:
To edit the file issue command: gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst as root.

But Fedora's installer anaconda normally has no problem adding Windows to the list. I also think Windows does not exist anymore.

Yes, my mistake. I'll edit my post so that it won't mislead other people.

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Steve Stites

if you repartitioned the disk ( assuming only 1 hard drive) to make room for fedora AND windows was still working after that . ( it might not work any more !) and you put fedora on the newly created partition and used the default install then the fedora installer ( anaconda ) should have auto set up the bootloader to duel boot fedora and xp

PS. fedora 8 hits it's END OF LIFE on jan 7 -- four days from now --
THERE WILL BE NO MORE SUPPORT AFTER THAT .That is there will NOT BE ANY further software updates after jan 7 and fedora 8 will be affectively DEAD .
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