Bob Goodwin wrote:
Tim wrote:
Just quoting the salient points:
Bob Goodwin wrote:
XP Home is already installed and I have no way to reinstall it, no
o/s
CD's are provided.
Tim:
If you want to keep the XP installation as-is, and the Linux
completely
separate, I'd consider:
2. Modifying the XP bootloader menu so that *it* is used to boot
itself, or Linux.
3. Copying a file copy of the Linux bootblock onto the XP
drive for
that XP bootloader to work with.
Aaron Konstam:
Thhis used to be the wqay to do it in the RedHat Linux days. But for a
long time under Fedora grub does the job without any extra effort.
Ordinarily, I'd use GRUB to handle booting, too. But the original
poster mentioned not having any Windows install discs. It seems prudent
to avoid altering the Windows installation in that situation.
Especially if one isn't familiar with fixing things up, after a problem,
the hard way.
Prudent or not, the installation is now running with Grub and boot on
the mbr.
If I break something I'll have to fix it somehow?
So far things have gone smoothly, there was physical space for the drive
and I was able to set bios to recognize the new second drive. Hopefully
the rest will go as uneventfully ...
Bob Goodwin
I have installed fc5 from the dvd twice now to be certain I've done
things correctly. I believe I have.
The fc5 install is on the second drive, /dev/sdb. XP is factory [Dell]
installed and I have no install disk. XP is of little importance to me
but I would like to retain it is possible. Both drives are 80G.
It should boot Linux from the mbr, /dev/sda on which XP resides, grub
is installed with FC5 designated as the default, but I never see a grub
display at turn on, it simply boots XP right off without offering any
alternative.
What am I doing wrong?
BobG
