On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:08:03 +1300, Tarn McDonald <tarn.mcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi - > > I'm trying to install FC3 on an AMD 64 system, with Windows XP already > installed. FC3 has stopped xp from booting (I installed grub on the MBR) I doubt that. One purpose of GRUB is to boot multiple operating systems. Try pressing a key when it says "Booting Fedora Core in X seconds..." or something like that. You should get a menu that will allow you to boot Windows. To always show this menu, edit /etc/grub.conf as root and comment out the line: hiddenmenu like this: #hiddenmenu > and although FC3 worked alright for a while, it now won't boot properly > itself. Either i get strange pixel patterns at the top of the screen > after I log in, or it logs in and then the mouse freezes and I have to > reboot. Okay, let us differentiate booting and logging in. Booting is the process that loads the operating system. Once it is booted, you should see a graphical login screen, or perhaps a virtual login terminal. If you make it to this, you have booted successfully. Now, it sounds like you are having trouble with X. After booting, try pressing Ctrl+Atl+F1 and logging in there. If you can, you are definitely having trouble with X (the graphical system). What kind of graphics card do you have? What driver are you using? What does your xorg.conf (in /etc/X11/) look like? > Can anyone help - should I reinstall the MBR with windows and try again > - I've already reinstalled FC3 3 times, but I want to keep plugging away > at it. For most things, re-installing is probably going overboard. You have something setup wrong if it isn't working and re-installing will only do the same thing. Of course, this is a computer, so all of this is "most of the time." : ) Please provide more info (hardware and setup), and don't waste you time with another re-install : ). > thx > > Tarn Jonathan
