Fedora Core 6 Install Problem on dual boot Thinkpad

[Charles Curley]

On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 02:18:10PM -0400, bdk at unb.ca wrote:
> Installed Fedora Core 6 on my home machine with not glitches on Monday.
> Today I tried to install it on my dual boot (FC 5 and Windoz XP)
> Thinkpad and it got as far as checking the boot loader and said it could
> not recognize the config. I didn't go any further. I didn't want to get
> into a state where nothing might boot so I backed out. Any suggestions
> as to where to look.

What exactly are you trying to do on the Thinkpad? Install over the
existing FC5 installation, upgrade the existing FC5 installation, or
install to a partition so that you will have FC5, FC6 and Windows
cohabiting?

What exactly did Anaconda complain about? What does your present
grub.conf show? Do you install grub to the MBR or to the partition's
boot record? What does "fdisk -l /dev/hda" return. Please copy the
exact results into your reply.

You may find this write-up useful:
http://www.charlescurley.com/Lenovo.R51.html

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