Dual Boot Fedora13 beta-Windows7 on Toshiba Satellite x-64

Hi,

I tried to install fedora13-beta x86-64 for dual booting with the
pre-installed Windows7 on Toshiba Satellite U505 with 4G Ram and 500G
of HD.

Re-booting after the installation, the machine only booted the
fedora13, directly.
Failure, I thought and therefore I wanted to recover the windows7.
Press 0 while switching on the box (recovery procedure), the dual
boot option came out.
So, the dual boot of fedore13-beta and windows7 is OK, but why should
we press 0 for the dual booting. This also means I could no longer do
recovery from the HD.
Any clue?
Thanks,
TS

Hi Tasrief..
Could you post your /boot/grub/grub.conf file for us?
Could be you just need to edit the "timeout" line;.. and "comment out" (with a "#" symbol) the "hiddenmenu" line...Like this:
timeout=50
(and)
#hiddenmenu

Are you sure that Boot Options appear on pressing zero only?
Boot up Fedora and open /boot/grub/grub.conf file with root privileges. Put # sign before hiddenmenu line. Save file and reboot machine.

Code:

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su -
nano /boot/grub/grub.conf

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Press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file.

In case it doesn't work, post contents of grub.conf file here.

HI,

Yes, I forgot to mention that after the installation, I edited the /boot/grub/grub.conf,
rootnoverify (hd0,0) ----> rootnoverify (hd0,1)
This enables dual booting but you have to press 0 while swthing on.

With the respons from GURU (XPS), the dual booting is now OK, no need to
press 0 anymore. Thanks a lot.

Well one more thing, the embeded mouse can not be activated, so I have to use the external one. Hope someone can provide help.
Below is the edited grub.conf
Thanks,
TS
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# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,4)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=50
splashimage=(hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.33.1-24.fc13.x86_64)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.1-24.fc13.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=VolGroup/lv_root rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.1-24.fc13.x86_64.img
title Other
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

Quote:

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Originally Posted by tasrief

Well one more thing, the embeded mouse can not be activated, so I have to use the external one. Hope someone can provide help.

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Please try to press Fn and hit F8 twice.

Hi Nujinini,
Thnaks for responding, but still does not work. I tried to install synaptics by the line command as a root
> yum install synaptic
After the packages sucessfully installed and re-start the x-server, still the touchpad does not work.
Any other clue?
Thanks,
TS