| WTF IS WRONG?!?!?! |
by finklestein |
2005-08-04 02:21:51 |
Major headaches. I'm a beginning linux user and I'm trying to run a dual boot between linux and windows XP. That is, if I could get GRUB to install properly wih fedora. After nearly two months of trying, two downloads and finally a purchashed copy of Fedora 4 I'm at my wit's end.
I have installed fedora AOK no less than 20 times, but every time the boot-loader fails to install. and once again I'm staring at my windows XP bootup screen rather than the fedora one.
so how the hell does a person do this manually and stay sane?
I've installed XP first and it's a fresh install fully updated. I don't really know much of anything about the command line (as I haven't had the chance to even use Linux yet) |
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Welcome to Linux | by evil_andy | 2005-08-04 02:29:30 |
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Yeah I've had that experience. | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 02:31:50 |
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He. Oposite Experience here. ;-) | by aix tom | 2005-08-04 03:22:28 |
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I'd thought that doing that | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 03:24:21 |
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That won't work. | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-04 03:30:17 |
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It works if you rip the linux boot sector | by afterburner | 2005-08-04 03:40:24 |
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IIRC, that's a different boot.ini syntax, though. (n/t) | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-04 03:41:49 |
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A bit different, yes, IIRC (too :-P ) (n/t) | by afterburner | 2005-08-04 04:00:39 |
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That's about 1/2 of the solution | by peired | 2005-08-04 05:04:26 |
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For what its worth, try lilo instead of grub | by talon0720 | 2005-08-04 05:03:21 |
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Grub works fine with the mandriva install | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 05:22:40 |
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Given the distributions you tried, | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-04 03:07:28 |
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WEll then... | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 03:18:27 |
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Like I said, it's a tautology. | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-04 03:28:12 |
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For what purpose does one need... | by kelli217 | 2005-08-04 07:10:55 |
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When it's broken or incorrect? (n/t) | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-04 09:29:50 |
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What does fstab DO? | by kelli217 | 2005-08-04 10:33:07 |
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Beginning | by madvlad | 2005-08-04 03:50:36 |
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okay... | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 03:51:51 |
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Linux format right? (n/t) | by madvlad | 2005-08-04 03:53:04 |
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yes. | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 04:50:32 |
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Welcome to the pale blue side. (n/t) | by TheCatMan | 2005-08-04 04:56:15 |
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Great :-) (n/t) | by afterburner | 2005-08-04 05:08:40 |
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Your welcome | by madvlad | 2005-08-04 06:05:53 |
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Could you tell a bit more about your setup? | by afterburner | 2005-08-04 02:31:13 |
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okay... | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 02:35:15 |
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BIOS settings okay? | by val_parthen | 2005-08-04 02:40:41 |
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I don't think I turned it off... | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 02:54:01 |
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Nope | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 02:59:56 |
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a.k.a. "boot-time virus protection" | by LionsPhil | 2005-08-04 03:08:53 |
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nope | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 03:15:16 |
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Has the fedora cd/dvd a repair option? | by afterburner | 2005-08-04 03:30:34 |
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WEll that's where I run out of my depth | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 03:34:11 |
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Do you have a secondary system? | by afterburner | 2005-08-04 03:56:40 |
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Floppy boot? | by TheCatMan | 2005-08-04 03:03:42 |
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I would ditch XP... | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 03:10:00 |
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Is the secondary drive slaved correctly? | by thread_killer | 2005-08-04 03:19:52 |
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Well if it isn't... | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 03:22:46 |
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You had F3 installed as a dual boot? | by thread_killer | 2005-08-04 03:25:48 |
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Nothing glaring | by finklestein | 2005-08-04 03:29:59 |
