2 drives; 2 OS; 1 booting problem

From: Doug Main (dougmain_at_snipthisshaw.ca)
Date: 09/27/05 

Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:23:45 GMT

I have XP on my master drive, and installed Fedora 3 on a slave. I'd
like to be able to use the BIOS boot order to choose (unless there's a
simple foolproof way)

After booting Fedora, I cannot boot XP even if I disconnect the slave,
getting a GRUB error message on boot up. I've fixed that with an MBR
repair, but wonder about a simple way to go back and forth.

Thnx 

-- 
Doug Main
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

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