hi there
i´ve been trying to install linux on my PC for a while .. i´ve tried Red Hat, knoppix, SUSE 9.2, Fedora core 3 and core 4 ... not that they dont get installed BUT cannot make the system dualboot.... and because i can not get the internet configured properly , I end up deleting linux ..
Since this year i still haven´t tried any linux yet ... i decided to have another go.... downloaded Fedora Core 5 (since its quiet a new release)...
The only way i maneged to install FC 5 is when i unplugged the XP SATA drive from the PC otherwise there was a no go... (it was the same for the other linux versions aswell) as soon as i unpluged the XP hdd the installation ran as smooth as a hot knive through butter
by the way FC5 is installed on a IDE(PATA) drive and the XP is on a SATA drive
now i have FC5 and XP on the PC but if i want to boot XP i have to unplug the FC5 HDD...
when i was installing FC5 i also installed GRUB with XP(as a non-detected during install)... when i choose to run XP from the GRUB menu i get an error..(no device ..)
the entry for XP in GRUB :
rootnoverify (hd0, 0)
chainloader +1
how can i change the GRUB code to make it look for XP on the SATA drive........ the posts and forums i´ve looked so far don´t help much , at least they don´t help me... i´m sure the solution is probably a simple one...
any help would be apreciated
PS : I can start FC5 from GRUB no problem... and i´ve set XP as default (in GRUB)..
PS2 : forgot to mention now the only way i can start winXP is when the FC5 drive is off....
i´ve been trying to install linux on my PC for a while .. i´ve tried Red Hat, knoppix, SUSE 9.2, Fedora core 3 and core 4 ... not that they dont get installed BUT cannot make the system dualboot.... and because i can not get the internet configured properly , I end up deleting linux ..
Since this year i still haven´t tried any linux yet ... i decided to have another go.... downloaded Fedora Core 5 (since its quiet a new release)...
The only way i maneged to install FC 5 is when i unplugged the XP SATA drive from the PC otherwise there was a no go... (it was the same for the other linux versions aswell) as soon as i unpluged the XP hdd the installation ran as smooth as a hot knive through butter
by the way FC5 is installed on a IDE(PATA) drive and the XP is on a SATA drive
now i have FC5 and XP on the PC but if i want to boot XP i have to unplug the FC5 HDD...
when i was installing FC5 i also installed GRUB with XP(as a non-detected during install)... when i choose to run XP from the GRUB menu i get an error..(no device ..)
the entry for XP in GRUB :
rootnoverify (hd0, 0)
chainloader +1
how can i change the GRUB code to make it look for XP on the SATA drive........ the posts and forums i´ve looked so far don´t help much , at least they don´t help me... i´m sure the solution is probably a simple one...
any help would be apreciated
PS : I can start FC5 from GRUB no problem... and i´ve set XP as default (in GRUB)..
PS2 : forgot to mention now the only way i can start winXP is when the FC5 drive is off....