Dual boot?

[Arianyr]

Hi everyone

So I have 2 hds, both are maxtor 40GB ones. On my primary master, I have windows XP. My slave was empty. I ran a fedora install dvd and followed the steps. When the install asked where to install, I unchecked hda and left only hdb checked, because I thought I shouldnt mess with my windows xp drive, right?

So, the install finished, but it never asked about dual boot (figures). I can get both my operating systems to work just fine using my bios to boot from the other hd, but I would really really like a nice dual boot menu. I get a dual boot menu btw, when I boot the fedora hd, but it only lists fedora.

Looking around on google I found many tips tricks and whatnot but it didnt work. Here are some of the things I tried:

I tried booting the install dvd again, choosing to update an existing installation and choosing to make a new boot loader. However, the install failed with the following message: "No kernel packages were installed on your system. Your boot loader configuration has not been changed." After that it claimed install was complete (it did nothing lol) and nothing changed.

I also read that it might help to run linux rescue, then type "chroot /mnt/sysimage" (that command worked) and then "grub-install /dev/hda" (gives some bios error).

So what do I do now?

I was thinking maybe it should be possible to edit my existing boot loader (on my fedora hd) and just keep my bios setting at booting the slave?

I hope you guys can help me

[devils casper]

connect Fedora disk as Primary and Windows disk as slave. boot up Fedora.
log in as root and open /boot/grub/grub.conf file
add this code at the end of file

title Windows XP
    rootnoverify (hd1,0)
    map (hd0) (hd1)
    map (hd1) (hd0)
    chainloader +1

now open /boot/grub/device.map file
add this code

 (hd1) /dev/hdb

reboot.....




casper

[Arianyr]

Hey, it works! I cant thank you enough!

One little thing though, how do I make it so Windows XP is default instead of Fedora?

[smolloy]

There should be an option at the top of the grub.conf file that allows you to change the default.

[devils casper]

open grub.conf file again. now count 'title' lines without '#' sign. start counting from 0. there is a line in starting of file....

default 0
change value of this to windows title number.
if anything goes wrong, post the contents of grub.conf file.




casper

[Arianyr]

It works! Though the default part I shouldve thought of heh

Thanks both of you

[devils casper]

no problemo !





casper