I used that advanced configuration option. the options were /dev/hda - MBR /dev/hdb1 This always failed at partition time. When I unplugged hda the options were greyed out, but listed as Grub will be installed to /dev/hdb - MBR This passed. There shouldn't be a difference, but I posted a bug to the anaconda team since the above failure generated a unhandled exception. <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188111" target="_blank"> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188111</a> I don't worry too much now, since I'm booting fine into GRUB and from there to either FC5 or XP. <div>On 4/7/06, Dan <<a href="mailto:grinnz@gmail.com">grinnz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Stephen Esquibel wrote: > I agree, and that is the method I took. The only thing is that I > didn't overwrite the MBR on the Win drive, and I had my bios boot to > /hdb. But I had an issue with Anaconda to where if the other drive > was connected it only allowed me to write Grub to the first sector of > /hdb1 (with partitions). If the drive was disconnected, the MBR of > hdb was available. So I installed FC5, booted to it made sure > everything was in order and configured the way I like it. Then I > edited grub.conf as stated with the chainloader statement and shut > down, connected the other drive back, and went on about my happy > dual-boot life. > > On 4/6/06, *Craig White * <<a href="mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com">craigwhite@azapple.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com">craigwhite@azapple.com</a> >> wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 20:54 -0400, Washington, CJ (OCTO) wrote: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: <a href="mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com"> fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com">fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>> > > [mailto: <a href="mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com">fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com </a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com">fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com</a>>] On Behalf Of Timothy Murphy > > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 8:25 PM > > To: <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a>> > > Subject: RE: dual booting XP and Linux > > > > Washington, CJ (OCTO) wrote: > > > > > I found it easier to let the WinXP boot manager chain load GRUB > > > than the other way 'round. MicroSoft products like to be in > > > charge. While GRUB+Linux is not a good match, it is a reasonable > > > match, and works pretty well, whereas GRUB+WinXP is a poor match, > > > and the WinXP boot manager is a pretty reasonable tool. > > > > That's nonsense. > > Millions of people are using to grub to boot Linux and/or Windows. > > It works perfectly well. > > > > It's easier to install Windows first, > > but if you install Linux (with grub) first > > it is a good idea to save the MBR with something like > > > > dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr bs=512 count=1 > > > > Then you can replace it afterwards (if you want) with > > > > dd of=/dev/hda if=mbr bs=512 count=1 > > > > -- > > Timothy Murphy > > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ <a href="http://birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie">birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie</a> > <<a href="http://birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie">http://birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie</a>> > > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > > > > To who ever wants to be a smart ass, > > > > First of all, I was the one who posed the original question. Look, > > I'm here because I assumed that there were actually people on this > > list that could help me because in no way am I remotely a Linux > guru > > or even novice. I just got into this just like everyone else on > this > > list who once started out very novice with Linux and Unix. > > > > It's cool, I'll figure it out eventually. > > > > Thanks to everyone for all your help, > ---- > I like the idea of removing the hard drives because it is safe. Your > Windows hard drive cannot be overwritten or damaged because it is not > there. > > If you follow those instructions and put the Windows HD back in as a > slave drive...until you fix grub to allow you to boot Windows, you > won't > be able to boot into Windows. > > My inclination would be to leave the Windows drive as primary master, > make the Linux drive primary slave. Take care to install Linux > only to > primary slave (/dev/hdb) but have grub do it's thing automatically, > which would over right the MBR on the primary master which would give > you a grub boot choice of Linux or Windows. > > Craig > > As for Timothy and Mike...they don't shy from their opinions but they > aren't dumb either. It's not about you. > > Oh and by the way...your html mail is almost unreadable...could you > please post in plain text emails to the list? > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com"> fedora-list@redhat.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a>> > To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </a> > > I had this problem; however in the advanced bootloader options (at least in a graphical install), there is an option to change which hard drive to install to. I don't remember the exact wording. Since I had to do a text install, though, I had to unplug the other two drives in my system. Such is life. -Dan -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </blockquote></div>