guys, what nicola is asking is the FC2 bug when anaconda messes with the partition table of the hard disk and renders xp unbootable. AFAIK it wasn't a fedora/linux/grub bug per se, windows just uses wrong values for the lba and is quite insistent with that.
i'm not sure if this bug is still there in FC6, maybe they fixed it or maybe they don't consider it a bug to begin with. anyways, here's a how to on how to fix it IF it happens to you. the howto also includes preventative steps so that you wouldn't have to fix it. all you have to do is pass the correct lba parameters to anaconda at install time. http://lwn.net/Articles/86835/ --- Nicola Musa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes thank you sushi, > I believe this is what the bug was all about back in > FC 3.0 ; it used to > install grub into the MBR and distroy the partitions > table no matter what > you do; Red Hat used to detect the existing > partitions and then Grub will > boot you into Windows (DOS) or RHEL. I wanted to see > if someone has tried it > but looks like I have to take the risk. Thank you > for your cooperation. > > Sincerely, > Nicola Musa > > > On 3/4/07, Xushi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > So as not to lose your data, firstly resize your > windows partition to > > create some empty space. This can be (relatively > safely) done with > > PowerQuest PartitionMagic. > > > > When installing Fedora, ***MAKE SURE*** to install > on those free > > partitions, and leave the NTFS XP partitions > intact. > > > > If the worst happens and you can't boot your XP OS > anymore, the data > > is still there, and all you need to do is stick > the XP CD in the drive > > and recover your MBR. > > > > > > > > On 04/03/07, Nicola Musa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > No Sir, > > > I know how to Manually partition it and I used > to do the Manual > > partition. > > > It used to work fine with RHEL 3.0 - 4.0 but > when it came to FC 3.0 - > > 4.0 it > > > never worked. It used to distroy the partitions > table for some reason. > > did > > > you try it? It's very critical that I do not > loose the other operating > > > system Issam. Thank you for your help in > advance. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Nicola Musa > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/4/07, Issam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > hmmm > > > > I think you mean the opposite! Windows doesn't > recognize any OS :-s . > > > > Grub in general can detect other OS's, > including wintoz. Maybe what > > you > > > > used to do while installing FC is to > "Automatically partitioning". All > > > > what you have to do is to select "Manually > partition with Disk Druid". > > > > After doing that, you can configure the boot > loader. > > > > Hope I understood your request correctly. > > > > > > > > Issam > > > > > > > > Nicola Musa wrote: > > > > > Guys, > > > > > I know how much you hate Windows and I know > the moment you hear > > > > > Microsoft you all get a Heart Attack > however, I am running Windows > > XP > > > > > on my machine at home and I would like to > run FC6. I haven't been > > > > > playing with Linux for sometime now and I > need to have my Windows > > and > > > > > I want to have FC6 running together at the > same machine. I remember > > in > > > > > the past Fedora Core GRUB used to erase > Windows when you install it > > > > > after Windows rather than detect it and boot > the two operating > > > > > systems; was this issue resolved in FC6 ? > I'm too scared to startup > > > > > the Installation process. Anyone tried to > Install FC6 after Windows > > > > > that can tell me whether it worked fine or > it hit the Drives table ? > > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > Nicola Musa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > \/ushi - xushi.co.uk > > /\ - socialprotest.com > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
