I need help any Linux expert there...
I was working on installing Fedora Core 8, I added another harddrive on an existing machine that runs Windows XP Professional, after configuring the partitions suchs as /, /usr, swap, etc. for some reason GRUB did not include Windows XP as an option selection to boot to.
Also the video card driver seems to be unsupported, I had to swap the Video Card with another one that is compatible before I am able to go to the GUI.
Thanks in advance for your help!!!
Also the video card driver seems to be unsupported, I had to swap the Video Card with another one that is compatible before I am able to go to the GUI.
Thanks in advance for your help!!!
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You say there is no entry in the grub for the xp boot? Is that during the initial boot or is there no entry within the grub config files?
Thanks in advance!
you have to have the
/boot
on the same disk at the mbr for windows.
You can still boot into windows if you go into bios and specifiy the windows hard drive to boot from.
But this is a pain.
try this link:
http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
It seems, I will try to run fixboot, and unplug linux HD then maybe run rescue disk and see if I can install /boot.
I have always put windows on first, then linux and grub is happy.
But please let us know if you get it working!!!
Good luck
open a terminal
type:
su
cd /boot
cd grub
vi menu.lst
In the menu.lst
create an entry at the bottom like this one
# For booting Windows XP
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0) <
numbers are IDE #, Device # so should be 1,1 for you...
makeactive
chainloader +1
Linux+
A+
Network+
MCSA - 2003 Server
MCP - Windows XP
CCA - Presentation Server 4.0
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