On 12/9/2010 12:06 PM, Shelby, James wrote: > > You should be able to modify the boot.ini on your Windows Drive and > add the Fedora bootloader. This wasn’t too difficult but I needed to > do a dd if=/dev/sdb of=linux.bin bs=512 count=1 > > Then copy that bin file over to my windows system. > > With the way Windows seems to not like Linux taking over the > bootloader I still use grub on my windows system with the > understanding that it could very well one day not boot windows. > > I have never, ever, had that happen. I've never tried booting Linux from the Windows bootloader, but Grub is probably more reliable. If you do use the NT Loader you would need to have Grub installed on the first sector of the Linux boot partition, which is one of the two options during install, and is not the default. One could also use a third-party (non-free) loader like Boot Magic or System Commander neither of which is released or supported today. The only commercial boot loader that is, to my knowledge, is Acronis Disk Director, which I tried once and didn't like. Stick with the open-source solution (Grub) and not only will you be supporting the OSS cause (some people claim the boot loader is the central piece of the Linux system) but you'll have a better product. I find the documentation for installing Grub from scratch long and confusing. It's probably simpler just to reinstall Fedora. Go ahead and put it on the second HD but make sure the boot loader is selected to install on the MBR of the first disk, which is always the default. This all assumes you install Windows first, Fedora second. I've never tried the other way around but expect it would be difficult. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
