On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 16:02, kate wrote:
un-dual boot XP & FC2
How do I correct the boot procedure?
Neither will boot separately. How do I fix this?
BACKGROUND
I have 2 hardrives. hda is XP, and hdb is FC2, managed
by Grub. I want to separate them. I bought drive
trays, so when I want FC2, I put in FC2 tray. When I
want XP, I put in XP tray. RESULT: not dual boot
system.
Put in the XP tray, and run the Windows rescue console from the CD.
Choose the option to restore the MBR, and you should be able to boot
from it.
Put in the FC2 tray. Boot from CD1 (or the DVD) and run `linux
rescue`. When it asks, mount your system and `chroot /mnt/sysimage`.
Change all of the entries in /etc/fstab that reference /dev/hdb to
/dev/hda. Run `grub-install /dev/hda`. If you get no errors, reboot
and voila ;o)
Forrest