Fedora 11 Install
This by all means may not work for everybody.
I run an Intel DP35DP motherboard with 3.0 gig Intel processor with 4 gig of ram. Two 500 gig Sata hard drives. The first hard drive is for Windows XP. The second hard drive is four 6 different flavors of Linux and Data backups.
Drive 2 the first 120 gigs is split into six 20 gig partitions with a 2 gig swap file. The second 370 gig is for file backups and Norton Ghost 2009 images.
Install Fedora 11 on the second hard drive and use the automatic partitioning tool but don't put grub on your Master MBR put it on the root partition on your second drive. When you get to the Boot Loader Configuration screen make sure you check the Configure advanced boot loader options. The next screen will give the option where to put Grub Boot Loader. It should say like sda or sdb. Sda is usually your XP Drive. From their finish loading. Put Grub on Sdb?.
Now duel booting using XP boot manager.
Go to
www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm and download Bootpa26.zip (It's freeware)
Unzip the file and it will make a directory called Bootpart. From the Windows command line change directories to C:\bootpart\bootpa26. Run the command bootpart. This is what you should see.
C:\BootPart\bootpa26>bootpart
Boot Partition 2.60 for WinNT/2K/XP (c)1995-2005 G. Vollant (info@winimage.com)
WEB :
http://www.winimage.com and
http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
Add partition in the Windows NT/2000/XP Multi-boot loader
Run "bootpart /?" for more information
Physical number of disk 0 : c5e4c5e4
0 : C:* type=7 (HPFS/NTFS), size= 488375968 KB, Lba Pos=63
Physical number of disk 1 : 13b19
1 : D:* type=83 (Linux native), size= 21502971 KB, Lba Pos=63
2 : D: type=f (Win95 XInt 13 extended), size= 466881030 KB, Lba Pos=43006005
3 : D: type=7 (HPFS/NTFS), size= 356972301 KB, Lba Pos=43006068
4 : D: type=5 (Extended), size= 21511035 KB, Lba Pos=756950670
5 : D: type=83 (Linux native), size= 21511003 KB, Lba Pos=756950733
6 : D: type=5 (Extended), size= 2048287 KB, Lba Pos=799972740
7 : D: type=82 (Linux swap), size= 2048256 KB, Lba Pos=799972803
8 : D: type=5 (Extended), size= 21511035 KB, Lba Pos=804069315
9 : D: type=83 (Linux native), size= 21511003 KB, Lba Pos=804069378
10 : D: type=5 (Extended), size= 21511035 KB, Lba Pos=847091385
11 : D: type=83 (Linux native), size= 21511003 KB, Lba Pos=847091448
12 : D: type=5 (Extended), size= 21511035 KB, Lba Pos=890113455
13 : D: type=83 (Linux native), size= 21511003 KB, Lba Pos=890113518
14 : D: type=5 (Extended), size= 21816270 KB, Lba Pos=933135525
15 : D: type=83 (Linux native), size= 21816238 KB, Lba Pos=933135588
If you’ll notice I highlighted in red. That is you’re first Linux root partition 1: D:* Type=83
Run the command Bootpart 1 fedora11.lnx Fedora 11 Leonidas
This will add a boot line to your Boot.INI file.
My file looks like this
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\BootPart\bootpa26\pclinuxos20091.lnx="PCLinuxOS 2009.1"
C:\BootPart\bootpa26\mandriva091.lnx="Mandriva 2009.1 KDE"
C:\BootPart\bootpa26\fedora11.lnx="Fedora 11 Leonidas"
C:\BootPart\bootpa26\linuxmint70.lnx="LinuxMint 7.0 Gloria"
C:\BootPart\bootpa26\ubuntu904.lnx="Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty"
C:\BootPart\bootpa26\opensusie111.lnx="OpenSusie 11.1"
Linear Mode
