I have just upgraded my Redhat 8 to Fedora Core 1, with comparatively few problems except, that is, GRUB. I have a box with two hard drives, one for Win XP and one for Linux. This is the device.map generated by anaconda:
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/hda
(hd1) /dev/hdb
/dev/hda is Win XP and /dev/hdb is Linux.
I want a dual boot, with XP as default after 10 seconds. What happens is that I get something that looks like a listing from boot's system.map:
c0100000 A _text
c0100000 t startup_32
c01000a5 t checkCPUtype
c0100133 t is486
c0100142 t is386
c010018c t L6
c010018e t ready
c010018f t check_x87
c01001b6 t setup_idt
c01001d3 t rp_sidt
c01001e0 T stack_start . . . etc, etc, for several scrolling screens
Then it boots straight into Win XP.
The only way I can boot into Fedora is with the boot floppy. When I was running RH 8 I had a problem with GRUB hanging and I solved that by using LILO. However, I guess I really ought to be using GRUB as LILO seems to be on the way out. At the bottom of this message is my /etc/grub.conf Can anyone see what's wrong with GRUB, or even suggest how I can use LILO as a stop-gap solution??? Any suggestions most gratefully received!
Thanks, Tim
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# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd1,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdb2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
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PS. What's this business about hdc=ide-scsi all about??
