On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 15:28 +0800, Didier Casse wrote: > Hi all, > I install FC3 dual boot with Windows on a laptop. I noticed > that grub can't boot the WinXP partition and the things which sucks > more is that the WinXP CD Setup hangs at "Setup is inspecting your > computer's hardware configuration" and shows a black screen. > > It never happened previously. I did that on my friend's laptop and he > can't live w/o windows. > What's wrong and how to solve this problem? > > I suspect that I have to "fixboot" with the Windows recovery console. > But no Windows CD wants to boot now. And my friend's laptop has no > floppy drive. > This may be a result of the early bug with FC where the drive geometry is read differently with Windows and Fedora. Check out fedorafaq.org
