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I'm totally new to Linux. I've read something here and there. Got a fresh installation of Fedora 10 x86_64 on my HP dv7-1070el notebook with previously installed Vista Ultimate 64bit. ...
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    I'm totally new to Linux. I've read something here and there. Got a fresh installation of Fedora 10 x86_64 on my HP dv7-1070el notebook with previously installed Vista Ultimate 64bit. I have 2 HDDs. The OS are installed on different hard-disks.
    The problem: I've chosen to put the boot loader on the first sector [...] on the second HDD (/sdb5) where Fedora is installed, not on MBR /sda1 where is Vista. Now, when I reboot, it goes straight to Vista and I expected to be asked for a boot choice. What I want is to start using Fedora and to be able to choose which OS I want to use when I start my notebook.
    I'm not sure I made myself clear since I'm not too familiar with all terms so please correct me so I can learn . This is what I remember from installation. Everything else went great, no installation problems.

    If there's no way to get the dialog of which OS I want to boot, tell me the command for booting Vista when GRUB starts.

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    Reinstall the boot loader and choose to install it on the mbr of the first disk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by glennzo View Post
    Reinstall the boot loader and choose to install it on the mbr of the first disk.
    I finally managed it using EasyBCD software and it got what I wanted. Now I'm searching for what I have to do next...I suppose kernel loading and so on...

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