Dual boot wiped out the Windows boot up

[Jason Staudenmayer]

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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of m.roth at 5-cent.us
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 10:07 AM
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> Subject: RE: Dual boot wiped out the Windows boot up
> 
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> Jason Staudenmayer wrote:
> >> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Doll,
> >> Margaret Ann
> >>
> >> I believe in the old version of RH, the installation disk
> >> would recognize the the system had Windows already install 
> on the system.
> >>
> >> The RH /boot/grub/grub.conf would include the menu with a RH
> >> and a Windows boot up.
> >>
> >> I gather I should not have had the RH boot write on /dev/sda1
> >
> > You can adjust the grub.conf to list the windows partition as a boot
> > choice (as long as you didn't overwite it).
> > Can you access the windows partition from inside your RH 
> dist? Should
> > show in the file manager as an extra device that isn't mounted.
> >
> I can't remember - do you still need to add chainloader to 
> grub for Win?
> 
>        mark
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It's been a while since I've had to do this. I think the chainloader is
still needed. I'll double check and post back.

Jason


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