After a bad experience with grub, I swore that I would never dual boot with Windows again (I nearly lost all of my data) and would only try Fedora Core if I had a second machine to try it out on. Since then, I have discovered a simple method to boot both systems on the same machine without using any bootloader. If this method has been discussed previously on this list, I apologize. A search via Google did not show any discussion of this method. Step 1: Install a disk drawer/enclosure in an available 5 1/4 bay. Step 2: Place the Windows boot hard disk in one enclosure. Step 3: Place another hard drive to be used for Fedora Core in a second enclosure. Step 4: Place the disk enclosure with the Fedora Core hard drive in the disk drawer. Step 5: Install Fedora Core from a cd or dvd. After these steps are completed, place the disk ecloscure for whichever operating system you wish to use in the drawer (with the power off, obviously) and boot up. I have been using this method for a short time and have experienced no problems. Has anyone else tried this and noticed any ill effects?
