On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Jessie Veltman wrote: > On 6/14/05, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Jessica L. Veltman wrote: > > > > >>Try booting with a Windows XP CD and running 'fixmbr' in the recovery > > >>console. That removes any instances of GRUB from the MBR. I had this > > >>same problem, and after I did that and re-installed Fedora, GRUB > > >>re-installed itself to the MBR, and it worked fine. > > >> > > >>Let me know if you do that and it doesn't work, or if it does for that > > >> > > >> > > >matter! > > > > > > > > >>-- > > >>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 > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >I tried doing all of that, but the results were the same. After the > > >installation restarted, my computer booted straight into Windows again. > > > > > > > > > > > Grub comes up using a hidden menu feature by default. The timing is set > > to 3 seconds or something low. When XP is set as the default boot loader > > and you have a quck booting computer with a CRT monitor, you do not see > > the grub screen at all. Try hitting a space bar during your computer > > booting. This should display the hidden menu. > > > > It sounds like grub should have installed correctly. I do remember an > > instance during development where I could not get a bootloader to > > install or work. This was on a computer with Phoenix BIOS. I only tried > > the install once on this computer and set it aside. This might be some > > grub boot loader problem with the version of grub on FC4. I believe > > there are bug reports filed on this issue. I am not sure the bugs were > > worked out or are still open. Try searching Bugzilla for grub problems > > related to not installing as intended. > > > > Jim > > > > -- > > The best things in life go on sale sooner or later. > > > I actually have fedora set as the default, and I have an LCD monitor. > I tried it anyway and it just came up with a windows boot choice > screen, not grub. There is nothing in Bugzilla that I could fine but I > will put it in as a bug. It would be really nice to get this solved :) > Thanks for the help > > You might try this as a different way to solve the problem http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html Good Luck Linda
