fedora as secondary OS

[azzla79]

i've installed fedora but want to use it as my secondary OS. currently it boots up automatically in fedora. i want it to boot up automatically into XP with teh option to use fedora. how do i set this up??

thanks

[PatMcLJr]

you might need to edit your

/boot/grub/grub.conf

file, just open terminal


su -
Password: <enter your root password>
nano /boot/grub/grub.conf ||USE NANO NOT VI, it's MUCH easier ||


and edit the default boot, you might need to try this a few times, I get lost in wich one is "0" and "x" and how to count the lines


here's my file



# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0 <this is the item to edit>
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
# hiddenmenu
password --xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
title Fedora Core (2.6.22.2-42.fc6)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.2-42.fc6 ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00
initrd /initrd-2.6.22.2-42.fc6.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.20-1.2999.fc6xen)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /xen.gz-2.6.20-1.2999.fc6
module /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2999.fc6xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00
module /initrd-2.6.20-1.2999.fc6xen.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.22.1-32.fc6)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-32.fc6 ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00
initrd /initrd-2.6.22.1-32.fc6.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.20-1.2962.fc6xen)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /xen.gz-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6
module /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00
module /initrd-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6xen.img
title Windows 2000
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1


or you can use the BOOTLOADER utility in kde if you have it installed, but that is just way to easy.

2 cents from Pat Jr
be sure you have a bcak up of at least all your data on the system befor dittling with it.

Best of Luck,
Pat Jr.

[bob]

http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=165378