no boot XP after FC4

[Rick Stevens]

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 07:53 +1300, Grant Allan wrote:
> hi,
> 
> just installed FC4 into empty partition on same drive as WindowsXP
> (disk1).  i'm aiming for dual-boot using NTLDR menu.
> 
> i think i messed something up, cos now during reboot i get told that NTLDR
> can't be found.  strange thing is, when i boot from SystemRecoveryCD, and
> then choose the option to boot from "disk1", WindowsXP boots fine (and so
> obviously NTLDR is there after all).

No, it's not.  XP boots because it's partition is "active" but the
actual boot loader that belongs in the MBR is missing.  You need to
either reinstall NTLDR or install grub as your boot manager.
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