Grub problems with XP/Fedora Core 1 Dual Boot
Gerry Tool
gstool at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 19 02:49:06 UTC 2003
Jim Cornette wrote:
> Tim Gardner wrote:
>
>> I have just upgraded my Redhat 8 to Fedora Core 1, with comparatively
>> few problems except, that is, GRUB. I have a box with two hard
>> drives, one for Win XP and one for Linux. This is the device.map
>> generated by anaconda:
>>
>> (fd0) /dev/fd0
>> (hd0) /dev/hda
>> (hd1) /dev/hdb
>>
>> /dev/hda is Win XP and /dev/hdb is Linux.
>>
>> I want a dual boot, with XP as default after 10 seconds. What happens
>> is that I get something that looks like a listing from boot's system.map:
>>
>> c0100000 A _text
>> c0100000 t startup_32
>> c01000a5 t checkCPUtype
>> c0100133 t is486
>> c0100142 t is386
>> c010018c t L6
>> c010018e t ready
>> c010018f t check_x87
>> c01001b6 t setup_idt
>> c01001d3 t rp_sidt
>> c01001e0 T stack_start . . . etc, etc, for several scrolling screens
>>
>> Then it boots straight into Win XP.
>>
>> The only way I can boot into Fedora is with the boot floppy. When I
>> was running RH 8 I had a problem with GRUB hanging and I solved that
>> by using LILO. However, I guess I really ought to be using GRUB as
>> LILO seems to be on the way out. At the bottom of this message is my
>> /etc/grub.conf Can anyone see what's wrong with GRUB, or even
>> suggest how I can use LILO as a stop-gap solution??? Any suggestions
>> most gratefully received!
>> Thanks, Tim
>>
>> ==========================
>> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
>> #
>> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this
>> file
>> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
>> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
>> # root (hd1,0)
>> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdb2
>> # initrd /initrd-version.img
>> #boot=/dev/hda
>> default=1
>> timeout=10
>> splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>> title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl)
>> root (hd1,0)
>> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
>> initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img
>> title Windows XP
>> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>> chainloader +1
>> ====================================
>>
You might try to run
grub-install /dev/hda
as root, just in case the original install was hosed.
Gerry
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