[SOLVED] once grub was installed automatically with Fedora install

[landonmkelsey]

sda win xp
sdb Fedora 14

There is a problem (I can see) with F14 install.

In the past the grub was installed during install (since Fedora 6).

Now choosing an install disk "sdb" (install target

drive) requests a drive to be chosen for

bootloader, but if the alternate drive sda is

chosen (this case the XP drive), it is formatted.

I have gone though install many times to see what I missed.

This once worked beautifully. What did I miss???

I now have XP and Fedora 14 installed but I cannot reach Fedora 14.

I had to do a fixmbr to get to XP

Since I cannot reach F14, I cannot get to grub2 and have to use .97

[devils casper]

Since I cannot reach F14, I cannot get to grub2 and have to use .97

I am not getting it. Fedora 14 uses GRUB Legacy (.97) by default. Are you trying to install GRUB2? If you are using GRUB Legacy right now, doesn't Fedora 14 boot up with it?

[landonmkelsey]

F14 is installed but I cannot get to it.

[landonmkelsey]

I had to reinstall XP AND F14

I installed successfully grub 2 under F14

then under F14: grub-install /dev/sda

but the grub gui "other" would NOT allow XP to boot

something else I did made grub gui not even load F14

Now all I have is the rescue disk for F14 that has only grub .97

Thanks for your patience

Grub in the past has been easy

[devils casper]

I installed successfully grub 2 under F14 then under F14: grub-install /dev/sda

First You installed GRUB2 and then GRUB Legacy. Why are you installing two Boot Loaders and can't go with default one?

Could you post the contents of GRUB Configuration file here?

[landonmkelsey]

my original post I described the OS layout on the scsi drives

let us say XP boots OK and runs

I installed F14 and it works.

I installed grub2 and did :

grub-install /dev/sda (where XP resides)

I have tried many things.

Before grub 2 was installed, I tried to install the grub loader using grub .97 and it went well but the loader didn't work

It would at first load F14 but not XP

is that any clearer?

[devils casper]

How did you install GRUB2 in first place? Fedora 14 uses GRUB Legacy by default.

grub-install /dev/sda (where XP resides)

Above command is GRUB Legacy installation and it has nothing to do with XP. grub-install /dev/sda command installs Boot Loader in MBR not in the boot sector of partition.

Are you using any special tool to install GRUB2? iirc, Fedora installer doesn't install GRUB2 by default. GRUB Legacy is default boot loader of Fedora 14.

[landonmkelsey]

I installed grub2 using instructions on the grub site.

I checked the version and it was OK.

Then what was the correct grub2 command...actually I used some option

grub-install <some option> /dev/sda

If I could boot F14 I installed I could tell you.

In order to move forward, can we concentrate on the current situation and how to move forward

[devils casper]

I installed grub2 using instructions on the grub site.

Could you post the link of that website?

Users having less than 15 posts can't post link over here. Use spaces website link. e. g. linuxforums . org / forums

[landonmkelsey]

I do not mind at all reinstalling F14. It was a fresh install and should be a snap to reinstall.

So the problem is:

We have XP on sda and forget anything else.
I reinstall F14 and then what?


BTW there exist 2 types of F14 install disks (DVD)
(1) rescue disk/install disk the "fat" one
(2) the quick minimal install disk (not a rescue) install a minimal F14 in minutes

I have both