GRUB / Dual boot problems Fedora 8 / WinXP
Hi there, I've got 2 hard disks, a 80gb disk(SATA)[5 partitions in it], and a 40gb disk(IDE)[two partitions in it].
windows XP is installed on the first drive-80gb[first partition], and im trying to install Fedora 8 on the other-40gb[first partition]. During the installation i've chosen to install GRUB in the first sector of the boot sector of that second drive. Also I've added the first partition of the first disc (where i've XP) in the GRUB boot menu and chosen XP as the default OS. Now when i restarted my pc it directly loads XP without showing the OS Choices menu. Can anyone please suggest me what to do now in this stage? Thanks for any reply. |
Keep hitting the escape after starting your machine. It will ask you for a boot device. Select your second harddisk. It will then load grub. If that works configure your system to boot from second harddisk.
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You need to tell your BIOS to boot from the 2nd drive. Depending on the BIOS you have, you might need to hit the Esc key during boot as ekamlesh says, or maybe Del or one of the F1-F12 keys. Most systems will have a splash screen that appears before XP starts booting that will tell you which key to press.
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Booting 'WinXP' rootnoverify (hda1,0) chainloader +1 then no activities after showing this message. What should I do now? Thanks for any reply. |
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If you are booting Windows from the second boot drive, you would also need to add the mapping lines in your Grub entry:
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It seems there is a misunderstanding as regards to where Windows XP is installed.What I understood from murtaza 78's first post is ,
hard disk 1(80GB) 5 partitions Windows on the first partition hard disk 2(40GB) 2 partitions Fedora on the first partition Hence I think Quote:
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Hi CJS,
your method of using Grub's "mapping" technique to fool Windows worked perfectly. Thanks a lot for letting me know the technique :-). |
Glad to hear that worked OK, murtaza_78; cheers and have fun with Windows and Fedora. :)
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