I had a similar problem. I believe that it had to do with the MBR on the drive (either one) see the bugzilla report and see if my solution helps at all. <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> <div>On 4/13/06, Jimmy Montague <<a href="mailto:rhetoric101@att.net">rhetoric101@att.net </a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks Stephen. I tried that already. When I tried to boot the system, the BIOS told me it couldn't find an OS. Jimmy Stephen Esquibel wrote: > Try changing your BIOS to boot from the Linux drive rather than the > Windows one. Then have the Grub, which is already installed there, > choose the OS. > > Just a thought. > > On 4/13/06, *Jimmy Montague* <<a href="mailto:rhetoric101@att.net">rhetoric101@att.net</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:rhetoric101@att.net"> rhetoric101@att.net</a>>> wrote: > > Tim wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 08:41 -0500, Jimmy Montague wrote: > > > >> So my problem is that, having installed Core 5, I can't boot Core 5 > >> because the boot loader seems to have installed itself on the > Linux > >> drive INSTEAD of on the Windoze drive. That's to say that, > whenever I > >> boot the system, the Windoze boot loader appears INSTEAD of the > Grub > >> boot loader. My attempts to repair and/or reinstall Core 5 > yield the > >> same result. > >> > >> Anyone got a solution? > >> > > > > Install GRUB to the right place... > > > > Well, that is what you need to do, and you can work out how to > do this > > from the GRUB info file (the man file is quite abbreviated). If you > > can't follow it, and/or want more specific help, supply more > information > > about how your drives are on your system. Post us the output > from the > > following command, issued as the root user: fdisk -l > > > > (That's a letter l, not a number 1.) > > > > > Tim: > > Read this post in a full-screen window. > > My system has two 40g Maxtor ide drives. Both are on the primary > strap. > One is jumpered Master; the other is Slave. > > Windoze is on the Master drive. FC5 is installed on the Slave. > Sorry: I > can't decipher the MAN page. I don't know how to copy bootloader > to the > MBR of the Windoze drive.. > > When I ran fdisk -l, as you suggested, here is the result: > > Disk/dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40027029504 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track/ 4866 cylinders > units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Disk/dev/hdb: 40.0 GB, 40027029504 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track/ 4866 cylinders > units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start > End Blocks Id System > dev/hda1 * 1 > 4865 39078081 7 HPFS/NTFS > > dev/hdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 > Linux > dev/hdb2 14 4866 38981722+ 8e > Linux LVM > > > -- > 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> > <<a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/309 - Release Date: 4/11/2006 > -- 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>