Re: Can't get dual-boot to work, always goes to Vista


"Mike Silva" <snarflemike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm new to Linux, though I've been using PCs since they came out.
I've got a machine running Vista and I added a 2nd hard drive to try
out Linux (both drives are 160GB). I have Fedora Core 6 and have run
through the installation and modify install (many times now!) and when
I reboot I never get a choice of OS to start up - the machine always
comes up in Windows. Frustrating!


When you boot up and just after all the BIOS message are displayed , hit the
[Escape] key to get to the Grub menu.
By default , Fedora puts a 'hiddenmenu " command in the grub.conf file and
you will need to comment out ( or delete ) this command so that the grub
boot menu shows up on every boot.

When you manage to get into Fedora , navigate to the file
/boot/grub/grub.conf and open it up with a text editor and then comment out
the hiddenmenu command , you may also want to change the boot time and
possibly the default boot OS as well.



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