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#1 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 08:43 AM

I have just installed FC4 on my XP pc and all went fine untill i reboot
there is no option to boot linux or XP it just boots into XP
I have 2 hard drives 1 for XP and 1 for linux

#2 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 08:43 AM

Richard O Hora wrote:

> I have just installed FC4 on my XP pc and all went fine untill i
> reboot there is no option to boot linux or XP it just boots into XP
> I have 2 hard drives 1 for XP and 1 for linux

Sounds like the Linux bootloader is not on the MBR of the primary hard
drive. No biggie following the instructions here;

http://www.redhat.com/advice/tips/dualboot.html

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#3 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 08:44 AM

On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 18:43:58 +0100 in comp.os.linux.setup, Richard O
Hora favored us with...
> I have just installed FC4 on my XP pc and all went fine untill i reboot
> there is no option to boot linux or XP it just boots into XP
> I have 2 hard drives 1 for XP and 1 for linux

Did you install GRUB or another dual-boot manager? If so, check your
disk to find where it was installed, and set that partition active.
(You can do this from an Administrator account in Wondows XP by
running diskmgmt.msc.)

I had this problem with FC3 -- the install went fine but it didn't
set the active partition to the one where the boot loader is. I did
that manually, then rebooted and the GRUB loader came up.

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