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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [<A HREF="mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com">mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com</A>] On Behalf Of Wolfgang S. Rupprecht</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:37 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: fedora-list@redhat.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: dual booting XP and Linux</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"Washington, CJ (OCTO)" <CJ.Washington@dc.gov> writes:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I kind of understand this but can someone give me a sample of what</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> they mean by adding the XP drive for the dual boot option using Grub.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>This is what my laptop has:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>[root@ancho ~]# cat /etc/grub.conf </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2># grub.conf generated by anaconda</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>#</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2># Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2># NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2># all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2># root (hd0,2)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2># kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2># initrd /initrd-version.img</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>#boot=/dev/hda</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>default=0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>timeout=5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2># show us the menu!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2># hiddenmenu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2># removed from kernel line: rhgb quiet</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>title Fedora Core (2.6.16-1.2080_FC5)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> root (hd0,2)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> initrd /initrd-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.img</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> root (hd0,2)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>title PeiceOfShitMicroSoftSystem</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> rootnoverify (hd0,0)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> chainloader +1</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>In your case you want to change that second to last line to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(rootnoverify(hdX,0)) to indicate the correct disk for booting ms.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-wolfgang</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>In the grub.conf file above, doe's it show where you have two hard drives in your laptop? This is where I need to understand which parameter to change. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks for your feedback.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>C</FONT>
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