Fedora and window Xp dual boot
David Liguori
liguorid at albany.edu
Thu Dec 9 19:23:41 UTC 2010
On 12/9/2010 12:19 PM, Robert Myers wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Shelby, James<James.Shelby at nrel.gov> wrote:
>
>> When you install Fedora you choose where to install the boot loader. It was
>> installed on the fedora drive instead of the windows drive. It would be
>> less risky to add Fedora to the Windows boot loader.
>>
>>
> Many years ago now, I either misunderstood and/or didn't follow
> correctly the boot loader instructions given by the installer (RedHat
> or Fedora, can't remember now).
>
> Result: two unbootable disks, just like the OP here.
>
Which is why, if you value the data on your computer at all, when making
a major change like installing a new OS, you should *always* have a
complete backup of your system. No pushback, just fact. With today's
sub-$100 terabyte plug-in drives and tons of cheap or free backup
software it just makes sense.
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