Fedora Core 5 Installation

[Deepak Shrestha]

On 8/10/06, Yasir Shoaib <yasirshoaib at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I have been using Red Hat Linux for a long while now, usually at University.
> This time I tried installing it on my Dell Inspiron 630m notebook, however,
> I am facing a lot of issues regarding the installation, and there is not
> enough helpful info to guide me. Also, I am not sure whom to contact in this
> case, so am writing this email to you.
>
> The first thing I did was burn Fedora Core 5 CDs and tried installing it on
> my hard drive partition that I created by resizing my Windows XP Pro
> partition. Because I wanted to dual boot Windows and Linux, and also from
> the instructions in the Fedora Core 5 Installation Manual, I opted for GRUB
> boot loader. However, I didn't see any option of changing the boot loader or
> switching to LILO, which forced me to go with GRUB. I also choose not to
> overwrite the MBR. Windows was chosen as my default boot Operating System.
> After the first installation process, when my notebook rebooted, I didn't
> see any options of Linux OS, and my notebook was booted directly to Windows.
> To support dual boot, I created a FAT32 shared drive, and managed to pass
> the Fedora.bin boot information to Windows. I modified the boot.ini file in
> Windows and then when I rebooted my machine, I was able to see 2 OS options:
> 1. Windows 2. Linux.
> However, now, when I click on Linux, GRUB loads and I am not sure what
> command to type into it. Also the reference materials I have looked at
> haven't been much help at all.
>
> Could you please let me know what I should do next to see the Linux OS
> running and still maintaining the dual boot of Windows and Linux.
>
> Thank you very much.
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have a look at
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-June/msg04379.html

i guess you are facing similar problem. Does this help?