On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 05:13:19PM +0100, Ben Arnold wrote: > I use a floppy disk to boot my Linux, leaving Windozes MBR there gives me > the easy option of removing the floppy when booting Win2k. > > Banana. > That is certainly a solution but it seems not the best one since grub will double boot these as indicated in previous messages. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 2:13 PM > Subject: Re: Dual Booting Windows XP and Fedora FC2 > > > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 11:10:31PM +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > Am Fr, den 15.10.2004 schrieb michael.canetto@xxxxxxxxxx um 22:46: > > > > > > > I have Installed Fedora, And then Installed Windows XP, onto another > > > > Partition on the same Machine, XP Overwrote the MBR, How do I Boot > > > > Fedora Now? And still Boot XP? The Docs say you can install XP after > > > > fedora and it will work. > > > > > > > Michael Canetto > > > > > > If you first install Windows[tm] and then Linux, this will work > > > instantly. What you now have to do is to boot with Fedora CD1 into > > > rescue mode, chroot /mnt/sysimage and run grub-install. This will again > > > place grub into the MBR. > > > > > > Alexander > > That is assuming that you have configured /etc/grub.conf to boot the > > XP. > > If not you may have to add a clause to the grub.conf. However in the > > future I agree it would all work better if you install the XP first. > > -- > > ------------------------------------------- > > Aaron Konstam > > Computer Science > > Trinity University > > One Trinity Place. > > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > > email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
