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dual boot installation problems with WinXP

Noob here again....

Just installed collegelinux on disc with WinXP:

hda1...Boot Primary NTFS...about 20 Gig
hda2...Primary Linux.....about 13 Gig
hda5...linux swap....about 3000 mb

Although I thought I configured this properly during setup, I don't get the option to boot to WinXP. Only collegelinux is listed.

Question: Can I fix this problem by going to administrator in System and changing boot partition?

Or, do I need to just boot from CD and setup again?

Also, while I'm asking, my mouse's scroll feature doesn't want to work regardless of whether I select 3 buttons in setup or not. I have a Logitech Optical scroll mouse. Also, is there any way to slow down the boot info? How would you pause? I tried "pause".
;)

Very many thanks for your help in advance. I would appreciate not having to set up WinXP (and therefore the whole disc again). I'm doing this install to learn to use linux as my main OS

Thanks,

jj

What bootloader are you using?

Assuming you're using GRUB, you need to edit your grub.conf file, on redhat its at /etc/grub.conf

You will need to add WinXP in there, mine looks like this

Code:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda

#

# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file

# NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that

#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.

#          root (hd0,2)

#          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3

#          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img

#boot=/dev/hda

default=0

timeout=10

splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Red Hat Linux Professional

        root (hd0,2)

        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi

        initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-8.img

title Windows XP Home Edition

        rootnoverify (hd0,0)

        chainloader +1

Not sure how it will work with your partitions, I guess just change your rootnoverify (hd0,0) to point to the HD partition you are using.

Hope this helps, I'm a n00b myself, so you might want to wait for someone wiser than I?

Matt

Thx Matt..I'm using LILO.
This really is fun but I need to know a little better what I'm doing before the real fun can begin. It's like "hmmm...WONDER WHAT THIS WILL DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
:D

Do youy have a DOS option? In Lilo that should be XP.

ahhh, ok I'll check.
thanks!
jj

thanks for all the help...
I repartitioned linux and swap file. I discovered my error was in choices dunring install of LILO. I didn't press 1 to create the windows boot option and set it as default. OK. How simple and yet....
Hey, thanks for all the help here.
I will return the favor to others as I learn more. This just makes me want to learn all I can. I'm about at the point with linux that I was when I installed Win 3.1 and said "WOO...device manager...WOO...menus..WOO...buttons!"
All I wanted a pc for years ago was to make and record music from midi instruments. "386 ENHANCED mode on my 486...wow!" hahahahaha!
Looking forward to learning and laughing with a bunch of Penguin lovers!

Thanks,

jj