Dual boot: Fedora Core 6 and Windows XP on two HDDs

harley51
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Downey Ca
Distribution: Fedora Core 6
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Fedora Core 6 InstallThis by all means may not work for everybody. I run an Intel D865perl motherboard with 2.6 gig Intel processor with 1 gig of ram. Two 250 gig hard drives. The first hard drive is for Windows XP. Second hard drive is for Fedora and data backups. Drive 2 the first 40 gig is Fedora and the second 210 gig is for files backups and Norton ghost 2006 images. Which I never doing anything without a current image file it will save your butt.

1. Install Fedora Core 6 on the second hard drive and use the automatic partitioning tool but don't put grub on your Master MBR, put it on the first sector on your second drive. When you get to the Boot Loader Configuration screen make sure you check the Configure advanced boot loader options.
2. The next screen will give the option where to put Grub Boot Loader. It should say like hda or hdb. Hda is usually your XP Drive. From their finish loading. Put it on hdb.
3. Now duel booting using XP boot manager (My Preference. I don't like third party boot managers.) Use your rescue CD to boot to Fedora.Hit enter at the boot prompt.Hit enter for EnglishHit enter for usSetup network select noAt the rescue screen select continue. At the next rescue screen hit enterNow you have a prompt
sh-3.00#
At the prompt type in
chroot /mnt/sysimage
If hdb2 is Not your boot partition, change it as appropriate. Type:
df
then determine which hda#
4. Run the command
dd if=/dev/hdb2 of=boot.lnx bs=512 count=1
You should see1+0 records in1+0 records out
5. Type ls and you should see a file named boot.lnx
6. Put a blank floppy disk in your a: drive, Type mcopy boot.lnx a:It should have copied the file to your a: drive
6. Now reboot to WindowsCopy boot.lnx to your root directoryRight click on your boot.ini file select properties and uncheck read only click ok
7. Double click your boot.ini file and add one line at the end it should readC:\boot.lnx="Fedora Core 6". Then save it.
8. When you reboot your XP bootmanager will come up and you can chose Fedora it jumps to the Grub Boot manager on your second drive.

My file looks like this
[boot loader]timeout=30default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)(1)\windows[operating systems]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)(1)\windows="Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2"/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
c:\boot.lnx="Fedora Core 6 Project"You call it anything you want