Yeah...you need to put grub on the first sector of the boot partition, as Windows is paranoid about something screwing up the MBR. And the NT loader CAN'T load Linux....trust me...I've tried..... On 5/3/05, Mauriat <mirandam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I bought a new compaq computer with win xp partitioned the > > drive installed fedora with grub to load. I had everything > > working then I booted windows it goes into pc recovery and > > overwrites the boot section so it only will boot windows. > > Is there a way to get this to work? If not is there a > > way to make a boot cd to access the linux partition. > > Just an idea: > Try re-installing grub to your boot partition or root partition > (wherever you boot) and then use the NT boot loader in XP to load > linux. This way you are not re-writing the MBR. > http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+NT-Loader.html > > Mauriat > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- disguised.jedi@xxxxxxxxx PHP rocks! "Knowledge is Power. Power Corrupts. Go to school, become evil" Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. However, I must say that the ENTIRE contents of this message are subject to other's criticism, corrections, and speculations. This message is Certified Virus Free
