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
On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 22:00 -0700, under.actuate@gmail.com 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
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 craigwhite@azapple.com wrote:
On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 22:00 -0700, under.actuate@gmail.com 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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On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 22:00 -0700, under.actuate@gmail.com 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.