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melojojo
29th May 2006, 02:38 PM
Hi, New beginner of linux here..donno if anyone can guide me through this.. :(

HD0 (80G) has C: with Win2k D: E: and still have about 15 G not partitioned
The hard disk is dynamic NTFS.

I have tried to install FC 5 , boot directly from CD1, but the installation wizzard was not able to find the 15 Gb free space.. :confused:

I then use that installation wizzard to repartition the existing E: to ext2 , then just followed the instruction to finish the FC5 installation.

Later, in the installation wizzard during the dualboot selection, the option of win2k did not come to the list. So I manuelly added the option. Add win2k to the list. Then continue and finished the installation.

However, after the installation:
Computer finished booting, go to Grub and I am able to chose between FC5 or win2k.
If I chose FC5, it works well and goes correctly.
If I chose Win2k, then comes starting windows, and suddenlly become BLUE SCREEN :eek: with error message "unknowen device".

I am wondering if anyone can help me out or guide me a correct way to install FC5 ...
(Yes , I used back up and get my system back to the original status only win2k now... ahhhhhh)

Or Alternatively, will it be easier I just get another HD and install the FC5 on that HD1 (as slav)?

Melo

jim
29th May 2006, 02:42 PM
durring the install vthe "Other" you may have seen was windows. post the results of the following command in the terminal
su - enter roots password
cat /boot/grub/grub.conf