Fedora Core 5 + WinXP Pro

[David Timms]

Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 09:27:37PM +0100, Adam Tunbridge wrote:
>> I get the feeling dual-boot systems are a /dirty /subject round here but 
>> needs must I'm afraid. Right, I'm having issues loading Fedora Core 5. I 
>> have 2 hard-drives:
> 
> As Aaron pointed out, we need more information. Meanwhile, you may
> find http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
> useful. He says that your /boot partition must be on your first hard
> drive (/dev/hda). I seem to recall that that is not true.
> 
> I have just done a similar job and my notes are at
> http://www.charlescurley.com/Lenovo.R51.html.
Can you boot your install media into rescue mode: linux rescue ?
If so, fdisk -l  is useful.

Also, if your BIOS allows it, set disk 2 as the boot device to get 
booted on FC5, and we can help from there...

DaveT.