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09-03-2007	#1 (permalink)
fenny Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	dualboot redhat 7.3 and Vista i recently installed redhat 7.3 as a dualboot with Windows Vista and the Grub bootloader does not register Vista as and OS. during the install i decided to leave the existing partitions alone and used the remaining free disk space to install the redhat. how do i make the bootloader recognize the Vista OS or do i simply have to uninstall the redhat?

09-03-2007	#2 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Hi and Welcome ! Boot up RedHat and log in as root. Open /boot/grub/grub.conf file. Add this code at the end of file. Code: title Windows Vista rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Save file and reboot. In case it doesn't work, execute fdisk -l command and post output here. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

09-03-2007	#3 (permalink)
fenny Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	i am extremely new to Linux and when i enter the startx command to enter gnome i get error message and i'm not sure how to append the command s you gave me to the end of that file.

09-03-2007	#4 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Log in as root and execute this Code: nano /boot/grub/grub.conf This will open grub.conf file in nano editor. Add Windows Code at the end of file and Press Ctrl+X, Y and Hit Enter key. Reboot machine. If it doesn't work, log in as root again and execute fdisk -l command. Post output here. * Is there any particular reason for RH7.8? Do you know that its obsolete and doesn't support Latest hardware? I would suggest you to install Fedora 7 or CentOS. Both are based on RedHat and free to download. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

09-03-2007	#5 (permalink)
fenny Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	well thanx for all your help i had already discovered the vi command and looke through the help section to figure out how to edit then i entered the code you gave me then i had to figure out how to save that file when all was done and i rebooted the vista boot took me to a disk check screen so i change the partition in the code to (hd0,1) and viola it worked ao again thanks for all ur help. oh and the redhat 7.3 is what i have to do my labs with.......suck huh cause i couldnt dual boot with my raid drives i havnt learned that yet, but soon

09-03-2007	#6 (permalink)
devils casper Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chandigarh, India Posts: 21,081	Glad to help you. __________________ It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. - Gertrude Stein New Users: Read This First

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