Re: No way to boot into MS Windows hard disk

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To: "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: No way to boot into MS Windows hard disk
From: "Paul Smith" <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:42:09 +0000
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On 2/14/07, Tom Browder <tom.browder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have two hard disks in my machine:
>
> * hda --> Fedora Core 6;
> * hdb --> Windows XP.
>
> In grub.conf, I have the following:
>
> title Windows XP
>        rootnoverify (hd1,0)
>        makeactive
>        chainloader +1
>
> but I cannot boot into Windows XP. Any ideas?

I believe that Win XP does not work on a second drive.  I think your
best bet is to swap drives and install grub in the MBR of the new
/dev/hda (old /dev/hdb).  Linux will happily boot on a second drive.


Thanks, Tom, but how can one install grub in the MBR of the new /dev/hda?

Paul

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