On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 08:24 +0100, Mirco Beaker wrote: > Hello there everybody, > I have finally mamged to install Fedora 4 3 test on my secondary USB > hard disk. > During setup, Anaconda detected my usb hard disk and partitioned it as > usual. > I decided to install GRUB on the MBR on my primary internal Hard disk > with Windows XP installed (for now), > Once the installation was completed, I rebooted hoping to have as first > screen GRUB and all the usual options I would get with two internal Hard > drives. > UNFORTUNATELY, there was no grub and the system just procedeed booting > Windows XP. > I set up the BIOS of my DELL OPTIPLEX GX270 to be able to boot from USB > emulation therefore the external hard disk but nothing happened. > Is anybody able to help me here? Clearly grub hasn't been installed on the MBR. Perhaps your BIOS has a "virus protection" option that prevents the MBR being overwritten, something like that? Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
