Re: No GRUB loading on a 2 HD system

From: gw (gw1208_at_attglobal.net)
Date: 08/04/05

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    danneye wrote:
    > On my computer I have 2 HDs à 160Gb each.
    > On the primary (no partitions) I have WinXP Pro installed and on
    > the slave (no partitions) I have recently installed Fedora Core 4.
    >
    > My problem is that the GRUB doesn't 'act' so there is no
    > booting choice: I always end up with the XP.
    >
    > There are no -what I can see- tips and tricks to find about my
    > problem in the Hudson/Hudson/Ball/Duff Red Hat Fedora 4 UNLEASHED.
    >
    > Anybody who has hints in the matter?
    >

    If GRUB is installed in the MBR of hdb (rather than hda), can you
    reconfigure the BIOS setting to boot from hdb?

    This seems like a less invasive and risky work around.
    If it doesn't work, just change the BIOS setting back.

    "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler."
    Albert Einstein

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