On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 22:00 -0700, under.actuate@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > I'm wondering if anyone could help me with an issue. Here's some > detail. > > 2 hard drives: > - The first is dedicated to Windows XP. > - The second is partitioned so that Fedora Core 4 is at the front and > extra space is given for Windows at the back. > > While I installed FC4, I made sure to set FC4 as the default boot. So > I expected it to boot after the system was rebooted. But, Windows > automatically boots. Do you have any ideas what the problem could be? > Why would Windows automatically boot? And how do I access the GRUB > GUI to choose between FC4 and Windows? > > I would really appreciate some help. > ---- sounds like when you installed, you changed where it installed the grub bootloader. It needs to be installed in /dev/hda boot disk 1 again type 'linux rescue' follow instructions (chroot /mnt/sysimage) type 'grub-install -v /dev/hda' reboot Craig