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Old 28th October 2004, 09:21 AM
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Dual Boot Fedora 2 and Win2K

Hi everyone, I am new to linux and the forum.

My computer uses Win2K on the primary HD (120gig) and I just installed Fedora 2 on the second HD (10gig). When I re-booted I didn't get the option to load windows, only linux.

I am in a real bind here, I cannot even see my primary HD from linux and I cannot use a boot disk to get to DOS. My computer is stuck in Fedora and I don't have any linux knowledge.

Can someone please spend some time and outline what I need to do to recover my system. I really want to learn about linux as I have heard good things about stability and performance, but this experience could turn me off. I'm sure there is a simple answer I just don't know it.
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Old 28th October 2004, 09:29 AM
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brette,

1. open terminal and become root (type su and enter root's pass).
2. type: gedit /etc/grub.conf
3. and the end of the file add this lines:
title Win2K
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

4. Click on save....and done....reboot and see if it works.
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Old 28th October 2004, 10:30 PM
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thanks for the help imdeemvp.

I found the problem, I am using a logitech internet keyboard, this doesn't work in the boot screen (only when the system is fully loaded), so I pluged in my old ps2 keyboard and it worked fine. :o
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