On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 14:55 -0600, Coy Scott wrote: > Whenever I installed GRUB on the master boot record (MBR) and then > rebooted windows XP, the software detected "file corruption" and > forced a reinstallation of Windows XP. This overwrote the MBR, > removing GRUB and making it impossible to boot Fedora. > > So, I tried the only other installation option. I had the > installation program install GRUB on first sector of the boot > partition (/dev/sda6). However, when I reboot the computer, GRUB > never gets to run because Windows XP is using the MBR. Sounds like you might want to take this approach: Copy the Linux boot record as a file into the Windows partition, and use the XP bootloader to boot either Windows or Linux. This way your boot record stays as Microsoft demands. It's ages since I arranged that for a friend's multi-boot machine, so I'd defer to someone else's advice for setting it up. It's also covered on the internet in various places. I just Googled for boot.ini grub <http://www.google.com.au/search?q=boot.ini+grub>, and found this: <http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/2337> (which is a rather complex page of what I described - there's bound to be something less convoluted). <http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html> looks a bit easier to follow. See how you go. -- (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
