Boot Fedora as 2nd OS (was: fedora-list digest, Vol 1 #800 - 30 msgs)

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Fr, den 16.01.2004 schrieb fedora um 10:59:

NAMELESS POSTER: will you please learn not to directly answer on the
digest mail you receive?

Your mail is not sorted to the according thread and has a senseless
subject. this way it is lost in the archiv.

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> > On a PC with a 20GB partition hda1 running RH9, I mounted
> > fedoar core 1 on hda2, another 20GB partition.
> >
> > After the installation, the PC reboots, but get stuck at the GRUB> prompt.
> Your probley need to reconfig GRUB, as the FC install may have overroot
> the existing MBR.
> 
> Just a guess
> David
[ ... ]
> No hard feelings but RTFM...
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-list/2003-February/msg03121.html
> 
> amongst others...
> 
> Simple..
> 
> make your /boot under 1024 cylinders ( this usually translates to being a
> partition in the first 8 GB of a drive... so your massive 20 GB partition is
> a boo boo) on the drive. Do not install grub on the MBR but on the first

The 1024 cylinder border is fallen long ago. Didn't you get it? I am
even not sure if grub had this limit anyway or if just older versions of
lilo had it.

> sector of your new partition (/boot) and then
> dd if=/dev/hdX of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
> Move that file onto your c:\ drive and edit boot.ini, adding the following
> line:
> 
> c:\bootsect.lnx="Linux"but you could have found that had you
> RTFM....http://www.redhat.com/advice/tips/dualboot.html
> Again, no hard feelings but seriously dudes, quite the Newb act, you know
> where to find it..

Alexander


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