Dual Boot Problem in Fedora 5

[Deepak Shrestha]

Thanks, this works!

On 6/27/06, Mitsuho Iizuka <m-iizuka at cp.jp.nec.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> From: "Deepak Shrestha" <d88pak at gmail.com>
> Subject: Dual Boot Problem in Fedora 5
> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:21:18 +0800
>
> > I have windows xp in my first drive(master) and just installed fedora 5
> in
> > second drive (slave) but Grub is not installed. After long process of
> > installation, it says the installation was successful and ask me to
> reboot.
> > During reboot, it goes back to windows instead of first boot process. I
> > tried to boot from boot disk and hope to fix by choosing upgrade option,
> > which asked me to install the grub. I tried choosing option to write the
> > boot loader in MBR with force LBA mode but still no luck. What's
> happening?
> > Any Idea?
>
> I had a same problem on the same environment. It seems something wrong
> in the FC5 installer. I guess manual grub boot loader setup must be
> required as follows.
>
>     1. boot 'linux rescue' with FC5 install CD/DVD
>     2. file system will be mounted in /mnt/sysimage
>     3. 'chroot /mnt/sysimage'
>     4. 'cd /boot' and make sure all files are correct(i.e. grub.conf)
>     5. launch grub command, and write grub boot loader in MBR manually
>
>        # grub
>         > root(hd1,0) <-- specify /boot partition ?
>         > setup(hd0) <-- write boot loader record in hd0 MBR
>
> I'm linux novice. So please take care above parameters.
>
> good luck
>
> // M. Iizuka
>
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