Sorry,&nbsp; I installed FC5 on a dual boot debian / win95 machine.&nbsp; When I would start the machine it went right into FC5 - no menu. I was able to modify the grub config file and comment out "hidden" and then the next time I booted i saw the menu.<br><br>Sorry for the misunderstanding.<br><br>As I recall when I initially installed debian I was given the option of including the "other" O/S ... that was a while ago and it was lilo.<br><br>I do not recall being given an option to configure grub during this install.&nbsp; I actually thought I had aborted the install, which was months ago, until I tried to boot the machine and it booted into FC5.<br><br>Keith<br><br><b><i>Dazed_75 &lt;lthielster@gmail.com&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> You guys keepo saying the same thing.&nbsp; Yes, most/all distros will add windows to the grub menu.&nbsp; What not one of you has clearly
 stated is that you are talking about a reinstall rather than an original install of linux to dual boot with XP.&nbsp; Since few, if any, of you are likely to have actually have done this, I will create a dual booting machine and then reinstall the linux to test that scenario sometime this week just to be sure <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/26/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">keith smith</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:klsmith2020@yahoo.com">klsmith2020@yahoo.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I recently installed FC5 and it added "hidden" to the grub config. This cause the menu to not appear.&nbsp; Commented it out and windows was listed in the menu as "other".<span class="q"><br><br><br><br><b> <i>JT Moree &lt;<a href="mailto:moreejt@pcxperience.com" target="_blank" onclick="return
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