Re: Fedora Core 2/Windows XP dual boot: selecting Linux doesn't work

Eric Moors wrote:
> Your grub.conf looks like this you say:
>
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358)
> root(hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/
> initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img
> title Other
> rootnoverify(hd1,0)
> chainloader +1
>
>
> I am not sure this is correct, but it most likely depends on your BIOS
> settings. I suspect that hdc is hd1 whereas hde is hd0.
> Try changing them.

Yes, it's odd that the hard disk I installed later should be hdc/hd0.
But I checked in device.map, and there it says hd0 is hdc, and hd1 is
hde. I still tried to change them, but to no avail (as expected).

I wonder if I should change the cables that attach the two disks to the
motherboard?

> If that doesn't help, try the alternative way: booting from hdc.
> You can probably select this is in the BIOS. It does however require
> that a bootloader is present in the MBR of hdc.
>
> You can then boot XP through grub, which is far easier.

Yes, that's an option. I tried to mess as little as possible with the
Win disk, but I may have to give up.

> PS. er is ook een groep nl.comp.os.linux.installatie, dat is misschien
> handiger

Ik zal er eens gaan kijken, bedankt.

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