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hosuke
25th April 2004, 12:59 AM
Hi to everybody!
I am kind of new in this things and I was trying to install Fedora 64 bit on my new laptop, this has amd64 processor.
The question is... when I install fedora and Grub conf is shown, I didn't see the label for the partion of windows xp, I had it previously installed and running but now I cannot access to it...
Does anybody know why grub missed Windows xp partition?
Thanks in advance

ewdi
25th April 2004, 02:41 AM
you can create the XP entry in grub config manually, i'm also using Fedora 64 on my laptop( emachine )

Bana
25th April 2004, 05:27 AM

Grub/Anaconda (graphical install) does not generally configure the boot devices when configuring grub. Try adding an entry to your /etc/grub.conf file that looks something like this: title Win2K MainDrive
root (hd1,0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
Although change your hd# and partition to the correct numbers (depending on your slave master/partition arrangement)

HTH

hosuke
25th April 2004, 06:09 AM
thanks for the help,
I went into /boot/grub/grub.conf and
added manually the information about the partition and now I can again log in to the windows box.

booleanoperator
14th September 2005, 06:47 AM
I got an emachines laptop (amd64) too,
fedora core 4 running now 24 hours... its been a long 24 hours... from grub problems to linux noob problems..
but hey, wireless works finally :D
and then i found this post

imdeemvp
14th September 2005, 07:23 AM
I got me a compaq amd 64 turion ..... :D

brynx
4th October 2005, 03:57 AM
This thread seems usefull. i'll try to install on my Compaq Turion laptop as soon as im done downloading FC4 64bit version.