Fedora / Windows XP GRUB Problem

Hi guys.

I've got a dual boot with XP on my main disk and a Fedora partition on my second disk. I had to reinstall XP about a week ago, which has since overwritten my GRUB settings. As my Fedora installation was Core 3, and seeing as I didn't really have any important data on it, I decided to reformat the linux partition and install Core 4.

During the Core 4 install, I checked and double checked the settings for GRUB, however my machine still boots straight to XP. I've installed Core 4 twice now (in case there was an error the first time), and I've tried re-installing GRUB using the installation ISO DVD, however I'm still getting the same problem.

Anyone got any ideas as to how I can get GRUB to load?

Cheers,

katana

Are you loading GRUB into the MBR of the first disk? I think the default for Fedora is not to use the MBR, as it's not required if Fedora is the only OS and you're installing on the primary disk...

I tried to reinstall GRUB from the boot CD (well, the setup DVD), and it said that it couldn't be installed because no kernal files were found(?). I then tried reinstalling the whole thing again (for the 3rd time), making sure that GRUB would be installed to the MBR and HDA but it's still booting straight to XP.

I found some other info through Google about installing GRUB from the command line. So, I booted up in rescue mode and typed:

Then issued the command:

The following error message was generated:


Any ideas?

Did you ever find a solution to your problem?

Thanks...

Try this chief.

http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/gr ... HOWTO.html

By any chance, do you have SATA drives? If so, setup disk under rescue may not recognize it.

Your problem is likely that you have your "/boot" folder on a different disk than WinXP. From the link above provided by Daemonguy:



So you should leave a little extra room on your first hard drive when installing WinXP so you can make a partition for "/boot" there under Fedora.

Oops, forgot to update this one. Yeah, found a solution to my little problem. Had to manually install GRUB
Put Linux boot CD in, and type "linux rescue", then (at the prompt) type "GRUB". At the GRUB prompt, type:


Now, just need to get Solaris installed....