Dual Boot problem, 2 HDDs 1-XPpro 2-FC5
I need advice with finishing installing FC5. During installation when it goes to reboot, XP loads and I do not get an option. Two HDDs Master-Active-XPpro Slave-FC5 I did choose for GRUB to be in MBR.
I need advice with finishing installing FC5. During installation when it goes to reboot, XP loads and I do not get an option.
Two HDDs
Master-Active-XPpro
Slave-FC5
I did choose for GRUB to be in MBR.
2nd drive shows Slave as empty with RAW file type.
What do I do next? Thanks greatly.
Two HDDs
Master-Active-XPpro
Slave-FC5
I did choose for GRUB to be in MBR.
2nd drive shows Slave as empty with RAW file type.
What do I do next? Thanks greatly.
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You most likely installed the Linux bootloader on the secondary drive, not the MBR of your boot drive. See my article here.
Quote:2nd drive shows Slave as empty with RAW file type.
What utility did you use to view the second drive? If from within Windows Computer Management, undersand that Windows does not see the partitions as you would expect.
What type of filesystem did you select during the FC5 installation? The default?
Are both your hard drivers IDE drives or one or both sata drives?
Let us know if this helps.
Quote:2nd drive shows Slave as empty with RAW file type.
What utility did you use to view the second drive? If from within Windows Computer Management, undersand that Windows does not see the partitions as you would expect.
What type of filesystem did you select during the FC5 installation? The default?
Are both your hard drivers IDE drives or one or both sata drives?
Let us know if this helps.
As I suspected, Fedora treated the installation, as you did it, as if you had one hard drive in the system.
So now you have Grub booting, but with an error, as both drives are not set up in the /boot/device.map file for Grub.
Try getting back into rescue mode and chroot, then try;
grub-install --recheck /dev/hda
...and see what happens when you reboot.
All this assumes that the second hard drive is primary slave, as you said.
So now you have Grub booting, but with an error, as both drives are not set up in the /boot/device.map file for Grub.
Try getting back into rescue mode and chroot, then try;
grub-install --recheck /dev/hda
...and see what happens when you reboot.
All this assumes that the second hard drive is primary slave, as you said.
Did you get into the chroot enviroment, using the Fedora 1st install disk before trying the fix?
After booting to the command menu;
linux rescue
then when you get to a command line, after making sure you are root user;
chroot /mnt/sysimage
The syntax is also very important, so check it carefully.
grub-install (space) --recheck (space) /dev/hda
Quote:I have found if I press F8 while startup I get the boot option but with only the option for XP to choose from.
Do you mean that you get the Windows safe mode by pushing f8 while the system is booting, or otherwise?
Look at this thread for a detailed synopsis.
After booting to the command menu;
linux rescue
then when you get to a command line, after making sure you are root user;
chroot /mnt/sysimage
The syntax is also very important, so check it carefully.
grub-install (space) --recheck (space) /dev/hda
Quote:I have found if I press F8 while startup I get the boot option but with only the option for XP to choose from.
Do you mean that you get the Windows safe mode by pushing f8 while the system is booting, or otherwise?
Look at this thread for a detailed synopsis.
