FC2: Dual-Boot/Grub problems

[Gerry Tool]

red_alert at the-psychiatry.ch wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I just freshly installed FC2 (was running a FC-latest-development-system before,
> but had to completely repartition my harddisc). I told the setup to install
> Grub into the MBR, but there's still the winxp boot loader :-/
> 
> so i've tried to boot in rescue mode from the CD and grub-install /dev/hda
> manually (after chrooting). but this only tells me about problems with the
> stage1-file (which exists). what should i do now? and no, i wouldn't like to
> configure the winxp-bootloader :P
> 
> my harddisc:
> /dev/hda1 (~10GB)  = ntfs (winxp pro sp1)
> /dev/hda2 (~16GB)  = vfat (share, not yet in /etc/fstab)
> /dev/hda3 (~10GB)  = ext3 (FC2)
> /dev/hda4 (~0.5GB) = swap
> 
> 
> oh, i just remembered: during the installation it told me about a bit strange
> partition table and i ignored it - could that've caused the problem? what
> should i try to do, if I'm getting this message?!
> 
> thx 4 your help!
> 
> greetings
> red_alert
> 
> 
I'm not sure what you are experiencing, but if it is the dual-boot 
problem discussed in Fedora-Test-List, try reading

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-May/msg02114.html

to see if that solves your problem.

Gerry Tool