Fedora Core 2 and Windows xp

[Sylvain Raybaud]

I also have GRUB has a bootloader for FC2 and Xp, and both work fine, but I couldn't get Xp work if I installed FC2 with my Xp disk plugged in.  The easiest (because only) way I found to have multiboot working is to install the OS on 2 separate disks, then to plug in both of them, with Linux master and to configure GRUB manually (with mapping and chainloading).
I also was said that you can first install Xp on a master disk, then install FC2 on the slave and let anaconda configure grub for you, and it seems to work fine, but I never did it myself.  And I definitly don't like the idea to have Linux on slave while Xp is on master ;)

>On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 06:45:21PM +0200, Mikael Konttinen wrote:
>> Ori,
>> 
>> No, I believe that is because you have overwritten the MBR (Master Boot
>> Record) with GRUB, something that Windows XP cannot handle as it needs its
>> own (NT) bootloader.
>> 
>I've got GRUB in my MBR and can still boot Windows XP. I just 
>chainload my XP partition from GRUB. Windows doesn't need a
>special bootloader (although it's glad to wipe out GRUB whenever
>it gets a chance). 
>
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