How To ADD Windows 2K or XP to the Grub.

12-31-2004	#1 (permalink)
imdeemvp Linux Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: California Posts: 225	How To ADD Windows 2K or XP to the Grub. If you are doing a dual boot with Fedora Core and Windows 2000 or XP anaconda should add it to the grub automatically. If you need to restore the grub after re-installing windows follow this tutorial. If you are installing Fedora Core in primary hard drive and have Windows 2000 or XP on slave drive you will need to add the lines to /etc/fstab. Open terminal become root and type: Code: gedit /etc/grub.conf and add this lines for your windows entry: Code: [B]title Windows XP map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) rootnoverify (hd1,0) chainloader +1[/B] Dont forget to click on SAVE. Now if you have Windows 95, 98 or ME and want to mount a FAT32 partition this is how is done just add this line to your fstab: Code: /dev/hda2 /mnt/windows vfat users,rw,owner,umask=000 0 0 Please note I am using /dev/hda2 as an example. Many new comers are asking this question very frequently so here is the answer.

01-01-2005	#2 (permalink)
PeasleeR Linux Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: WA, USA Posts: 102	How do you make Windows the default OS to boot into? Too many times I've had to do a hard reboot because I forgot I had to select Windows on boot. Thanks in advance :) Robert __________________ Taking a walk on the wonderful path computers have lain before me

01-01-2005

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imdeemvp

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This is my grub.conf:

Quote:

# 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 (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0 << its here which is my first option in the grub
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.681_FC3)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet acpi=off
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.681_FC3.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet acpi=ht
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
title Windows XP
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

0= 1st line in grub
1= 2nd line and so on.....

01-01-2005	#4 (permalink)
PeasleeR Linux Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: WA, USA Posts: 102	Ah, thanks. Out of curiosity then, does anyone know what the chainloader value defines? Robert Peaslee __________________ Taking a walk on the wonderful path computers have lain before me

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