Up against a wall- Installing Linux/Dual Boot on Vista Laptop

[devils casper]

you have three NTFS partitions. what is in first partition?
add this code

title Vista 1
         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
         chainloader +1

title Vista 2
          rootnoverify (hd0,1)
          chainloader +1

check which title boot up Vista and remove other.

[jeffery1493]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one still up tonight!

I found a web page (before reading your post) and tried changing it to

title Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
makeactive


From what I gathered from the other thread, 'makeactive' is supposed to make the Vista partition the default (which is what I want). That didn't work.
BUT, Vista DID boot on the selection.

The thread also used "unhide (hd0,1)" instead of 'rootnoverify'.

Not sure what the difference is.
But, I FINALLY have both partitions working.

Now I'll never get to sleep...........

[jeffery1493]

Sorry Casper....didn't see your location.
It's probably 3 in the afternoon in India, I imagine.

No globe at hand............

[devils casper]

its 1:44 PM here..

[jeffery1493]

I'm looking at 3:25 in the morning.

It has been one helluva Fedora.