Dual Boot and FC 5

Roger Grosswiler roger at gwch.net
Mon Apr 3 08:36:47 UTC 2006


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Russell Golden
>> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 8:35 PM
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>> Subject: Re: Dual Boot and FC 5
>> is there a removable disk somewhere that isn't bootable? if there is,
>> remove it, then try again.
>> you'd think they could write something that could skip that part if
>> something is there that's not bootable lol
>
> There is no disk other than the originally partitioned hard drive with a
> formerly operative Windows XP system on it.
>
> The situation was a working dual-boot (using gub on the master boot
> sector)
> FC 4 and Windows XP.
>
> After the upgrade, the Windows XP side will no longer boot.  I modified no
> partitions during the upgrade.
>
> -Tom
>
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Tom,

is eventually the partition-scheme no longer the same, so grub doesn't
find the appropriate entry?

check with fdisk the partition-table and compare, how it is with the entry
in grub.

Roger




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