Hello everyone.
I'm currently facing a problem which it seems i cannot solve without any help.
So. I was using Fedora 14 without any other OS installed. That was until i realised
i need After Effects because AE 6.5 under wine does not cover my needs.
I installed win XP. Everything's OK so far. Next step, installed Fedora 14. Also, it
went OK. I reboot`d the system and i was presented the "mini-shell GRUB Bootloader
terminal". Since i don't know anything about GRUB nor i am an HDD Expert i did nothing.
But, i used the "System Rescue CD" and chose the "Boot an existing LINUX 32-bit OS".
Fedora did load and i'm writing this post from within fedora. The setup i used during
Fedora installation is the following.
Code:
swap - 3072MB (ext4)
/boot - 200MB (ext3)
root - All the remaining available space.
LVM - 1MB (it was created for me automatically after i created the root dir)
When i was presented with the bootloader options i chose to "install bootloader
on first sector of boot partition" (something like this i don't remember it) and i did
NOT choose "install on MBR" (again i dont remember the exact phrase).
The HDD partitions i created have these properties according to "disk utility".
/boot- Usage: Filesystem
- Partition Type: Linux (0x83)
- Partiton Flags: Bootable
- Device: /dev/sdb2
- Mount Point: mounted at /boot
Swap- Usage: Swap Space
- Partition Type: Linux (0x82)
- Partition Flags: -
- Device: /dev/sdb3
Root- Usage: Filesystem
- Partition Type: Linux (0x83)
- Partition Flags: -
- Device: /dev/sdb5
- Mount Point: Mounted at "/"
EDIT
There is another entry in "Disk Utility" which is labeled "Extended" and has
these properties..
- Usage: Container for Logical Partitions
- Partition Type: Extended (0x05)
- Partition Flags: -
- Device: /dev/sdb4
END OF EDIT
I'm providing these info because i know it will be easier for any kind person
out there to help me properly. Also, the /boot/grub/menu.lst file is as follows..
Code:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sdb5
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sdb2
default=0
timeout=20
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 ro root=UUID=78ab19c3-6aad-4273-afbe-1a0fcd67b8a0 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.img
title Other
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
P.S: USB Sticks are not detected on fedora.
P.P.S: Sound is not working on fedora.
P.P.P.S: Both of the above were working when i was using JUST Fedora on its own. I'm
really considering re-installing fedora since it seems something went bad on the installation.
I have done over 6 reinstalls of Fedora & Windows just to manage being able to dual-boot
so it won't really be a problem for me.
"Thank You" goes to everyone that will read this long post
and to anyone that will do help me.
Cheers.
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