Fedora Core 5 Installation

[Mitja Mihelic]

I think the first problem appeared when you chose not to let Grub handle 
the booting.
It would have been much easyer to let Grub to be written to the MBR.

I would do the following:
- boot into rescue mode from CD/DVD
- mount the root partition of yout linux installation
- chroot into the mounted system
- add the following line to /boot/grub/grub.conf :
title Windows
        rootnoverify (hd0,1)
        chainloader +1
- do not forget to change "hd0" if your windows installation is not on 
the frist partition
- run "grub-install /dev/hda", replacing hda with another device if needed
-done

Or you could try running the normal installation again and choosing the 
"repair" option and let it install Grub to the MBR.

--
Mitja

Yasir Shoaib wrote:
> Hello
>  
> I have been using Red Hat Linux for a long while now, usually at 
> University. This time I tried installing it on my Dell Inspiron 630m 
> notebook, however, I am facing a lot of issues regarding the 
> installation, and there is not enough helpful info to guide me. Also, 
> I am not sure whom to contact in this case, so am writing this email 
> to you.
>  
> The first thing I did was burn Fedora Core 5 CDs and tried installing 
> it on my hard drive partition that I created by resizing my Windows XP 
> Pro partition. Because I wanted to dual boot Windows and Linux, and 
> also from the instructions in the Fedora Core 5 Installation Manual, I 
> opted for GRUB boot loader. However, I didn't see any option of 
> changing the boot loader or switching to LILO, which forced me to go 
> with GRUB. I also choose not to overwrite the MBR. Windows was chosen 
> as my default boot Operating System. After the first installation 
> process, when my notebook rebooted, I didn't see any options of Linux 
> OS, and my notebook was booted directly to Windows. To support dual 
> boot, I created a FAT32 shared drive, and managed to pass the 
> Fedora.bin boot information to Windows. I modified the boot.ini file 
> in Windows and then when I rebooted my machine, I was able to see 2 OS 
> options: 1. Windows 2. Linux.
> However, now, when I click on Linux, GRUB loads and I am not sure what 
> command to type into it. Also the reference materials I have looked at 
> haven't been much help at all.
>  
> Could you please let me know what I should do next to see the Linux OS 
> running and still maintaining the dual boot of Windows and Linux.
>  
> Thank you very much.
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