On 1/3/06, under.actuate@xxxxxxxxx <under.actuate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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? > > You have to install the GRUB bootloader onto the drive that the BIOS > boots from. It sounds like you've installed it to the second (Linux) > drive, and the PC BIOS is booting from the first one (continuing to boot > Windows, as it previously did). > > > Hey, thanks for the ideas. The funny thing is that the bootloader was > installed on hda, which is the Windows drive (Linux is on hdb). So, it > should be in the right place. > Let's assume that grub is properly installed. Grub is probably set to 1) delay 5 seconds before booting the selected OS and 2) to hide the grub boot menu. So try striking a key within 5 seconds of the boot process and select Fedora. If that works edit /boot/grub/menu.lst. Change "default=1" to "default=0", "timeout=5" to "timeout=10" or something that is more manageable for you and comment out (insert a # front of ) hiddenmenu so that you are presented with a OS selection menu.
