Am Fr, den 16.01.2004 schrieb fedora um 10:59: NAMELESS POSTER: will you please learn not to directly answer on the digest mail you receive? Your mail is not sorted to the according thread and has a senseless subject. this way it is lost in the archiv. [ snip ] > > On a PC with a 20GB partition hda1 running RH9, I mounted > > fedoar core 1 on hda2, another 20GB partition. > > > > After the installation, the PC reboots, but get stuck at the GRUB> prompt. > Your probley need to reconfig GRUB, as the FC install may have overroot > the existing MBR. > > Just a guess > David [ ... ] > No hard feelings but RTFM... > http://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-list/2003-February/msg03121.html > > amongst others... > > Simple.. > > make your /boot under 1024 cylinders ( this usually translates to being a > partition in the first 8 GB of a drive... so your massive 20 GB partition is > a boo boo) on the drive. Do not install grub on the MBR but on the first The 1024 cylinder border is fallen long ago. Didn't you get it? I am even not sure if grub had this limit anyway or if just older versions of lilo had it. > sector of your new partition (/boot) and then > dd if=/dev/hdX of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 > Move that file onto your c:\ drive and edit boot.ini, adding the following > line: > > c:\bootsect.lnx="Linux"but you could have found that had you > RTFM....http://www.redhat.com/advice/tips/dualboot.html > Again, no hard feelings but seriously dudes, quite the Newb act, you know > where to find it.. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany PGP key valid: made 13.07.1999 PGP fingerprint: 2307 88FD 2D41 038E 7416 14CD E197 6E88 ED69 5653
