Boot problem W2k/FC4 -

[Jeff Vian]

On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 10:53 -0500, bobgoodwin wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 08:01 -0500, bobgoodwin wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I have installed Windows 2000/NTFS on /dev/hda and FC4 on /dev/hdb but 
> >>Grub is never displayed, Windows is booted immediately.  I've tried 
> >>installing grub in boot and mbr as offered in the installation routine 
> >>with the same result.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >You've put GRUB onto which drive?
> >
> >Some people dual-booting with Windows find it easier to keep Linux
> >completely on its own drive (bootloaders, and all), and put an entry
> >into the NT loader file so that the Windows boot menu gives you the
> >options of which drive to boot from.
> >  
> >
> I don't recall seeing an option to do that with Windows 2000 but it may 
> not be a menu item?
> There is an option offered right at the install start that I didn't 
> comprehend ...
> 
This is not an option within Windows.  It is easy to do, but requires
some manual config.

> I solved the problem by doing 'Linux rescue' from disk #1 and then 
> 'grub-install /dev/hda'
> to fix the problem.  However I still don't understand why the 
> Install/Upgrade routines that
> I ran several times did not accomplish this? I spent several days 
> messing with this problem and
> the bad hard drive.  A learning exercise perhaps?
> 
Maybe partly doe to the bad drive?

> >  
> >
> >>I have a CDROM with some utilities on it that permit me to boot the 
> >>computer with some basic Linux functions; I see that fdisk shows both 
> >>drives toggled to "boot."
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >That shouldn't be a problem (assuming you mean they've got an "active"
> >partition that *could* be booted).
> >  
> >
> So I will accept that as a normal indication.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bob Goodwin
> 
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