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Hi guys, i've been searching in this forum but i didn't get a clear answer yet, cuz i'm just getting started using linux. The point is that i have two ...
  1. 03-23-2011 #1
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    Windows dual booting trouble...!

    Hi guys, i've been searching in this forum but i didn't get a clear answer yet, cuz i'm just getting started using linux.

    The point is that i have two hard drive (80GB) both with extended partition:

    1 80GB = 2 partitions of 40Gb (sda)
    1 80GB = 1 partition of 30GB and another of 50GB (sdb)

    And dont know why windows doesnt start, all that i got is a black screen. I think that i put just fine the right partition during the fedora live install in the boot loader configuration section. Cuz according to the fedora live cd partition table, windows drive assignation correspond to sdb1.

    i can just put the windows drive first on the bios boot priority, but i'll have to change it every time when other users have to use windows.

    plz help me!
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    Hi and Welcome !

    You have to edit grub.conf of Fedora and add mapping code for Windows OS. Execute this in Terminal
    Code:
    su -
nano /boot/grub/grub.conf
    Above code will open grub.conf file in nano editor with root privileges.
    Edit mapping code in title Windows OS block.
    Code:
    title Windows OS
     rootnoverify (hd1,0)
     map (hd0) (hd1)
      map (hd1) (hd0)
     chainloader +1
    Press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file. Reboot machine and check Windows OS boots up fine.
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    No problem login as a root, but when i typed the line of nano it says command not found .
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    It looks like nano has not been installed. You can use any other text editor like vi or pico.
    Or
    Use GUI editors like Gedit or Kate. You must have root privileges to edit grub.conf file.
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    SWEET !

    Thanks a lotttt!, really supportive, you're a genius. by the way i set the time to 10.

    And one more think, actually its an out of topic question:

    How can i learn linux really deep, to get use to in the os and have much more undarstanding about it. Cuz i want to support this, i really love this main idea of community and share. I'm a graphic design student, and probably this sould be a great area to support and also others of course. So i want to be really good on linux, probably not a pro, who knows...

    I'm thinking in online couses focusing on general aspects like terminal and not on a distro.

    What you can suggest me books, courses, anything. And sorry i don't want to bother you.

    And thanks again
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