Re: Dual boot problem


Bruce Barbour wrote:
Installed, but will not boot, instead get GRUB screen with choice of
commands.

Was that grub installed as part of the new setup, or is it left
over from the old one? Have you reason to believe the second disk
is working OK hardware-wise? Have you checked grub's device map?

Trying to get system to boot from second hard drive where it
is installed. First hard drive contains WindowsXP. Used to dual boot
from first drive but decided to move linux off and install on second.
Trying linux rescue gets message no kernel packages were installed on
your system - boot loader configuration will not be changed.

Installed
off Fedora 6-i386-DVD and cleared with SHA1SUM. Really puzzled, any
help appreciated. Basically, how do I get boot loader to boot off MBR
on hda1 (fails with aforementioned message) - or what else?

If it is not a device map problem , it could be that grub is is simply
on the
wrong place -- on the mbr or boot block of disk 2. You could try
chaining
(chainloader+1) from the grub you already have on disk 1.

.

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