FC4 booting problem?

Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone could help me with an issue.  Here's some detail.

2 hard drives:
- The first is dedicated to Windows XP.
- The second is partitioned so that Fedora Core 4 is at the front and extra
space is given for Windows at the back.

While I installed FC4, I made sure to set FC4 as the default boot.  So I
expected it to boot after the system was rebooted.  But, Windows
automatically boots.  Do you have any ideas what the problem could be?  Why
would Windows automatically boot?  And how do I access the GRUB GUI to
choose between FC4 and Windows?

I would really appreciate some help.

Thank you,
Jared

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 22:00 -0700, [e-mail] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone could help me with an issue.  Here's some
> detail.
>
> 2 hard drives:
> The first is dedicated to Windows XP.
> The second is partitioned so that Fedora Core 4 is at the front and
>
> extra space is given for Windows at the back.
>
> While I installed FC4, I made sure to set FC4 as the default boot.  So
> I expected it to boot after the system was rebooted.  But, Windows
> automatically boots.  Do you have any ideas what the problem could be?
> Why would Windows automatically boot?  And how do I access the GRUB
> GUI to choose between FC4 and Windows?
>
> I would really appreciate some help.

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sounds like when you installed, you changed where it installed the grub
bootloader. It needs to be installed in /dev/hda

boot disk 1 again

type 'linux rescue'

follow instructions (chroot /mnt/sysimage)

type 'grub-install -v /dev/hda'

reboot

Craig

[mukund jampala]

Do u get the grub prompt
if u don't get send me the /boot/gurb/grub.conf file
also diverted /boot contents to a file
Mukund Jampala

On 1/3/06, Craig White  wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 22:00 -0700, [e-mail] wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone could help me with an issue.  Here's some
> > detail.
> >
> > 2 hard drives:
> > The first is dedicated to Windows XP.
> > The second is partitioned so that Fedora Core 4 is at the front and
> >
> > extra space is given for Windows at the back.
> >
> > While I installed FC4, I made sure to set FC4 as the default boot.  So
> > I expected it to boot after the system was rebooted.  But, Windows
> > automatically boots.  Do you have any ideas what the problem could be?
> > Why would Windows automatically boot?  And how do I access the GRUB
> > GUI to choose between FC4 and Windows?
> >
> > I would really appreciate some help.
>
> sounds like when you installed, you changed where it installed the grub
> bootloader. It needs to be installed in /dev/hda
>
> boot disk 1 again
>
> type 'linux rescue'
>
> follow instructions (chroot /mnt/sysimage)
>
> type 'grub-install -v /dev/hda'
>
> reboot
>
> Craig
>
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[Tim]

On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 22:00 -0700, [e-mail] wrote:
> 2 hard drives:
> The first is dedicated to Windows XP.
> The second is partitioned so that Fedora Core 4 is at the front and
>
> extra space is given for Windows at the back.
>
> While I installed FC4, I made sure to set FC4 as the default boot.  So
> I expected it to boot after the system was rebooted.  But, Windows
> automatically boots.  Do you have any ideas what the problem could be?

You have to install the GRUB bootloader onto the drive that the BIOS
boots from.  It sounds like you've installed it to the second (Linux)
drive, and the PC BIOS is booting from the first one (continuing to boot
Windows, as it previously did).

You can read the grub info file to find the instructions for
re-installing it to a particular drive.  Post back if you need further
assistance.