FC-6

[Josef Lowder]

On Wed, 23 May 2007 15:19:06 -0700, Robert N. Eaton wrote
> Robert N. Eaton wrote:
> > I got tired of my Xandros distro and decided to go to Kubuntu.
> > Evidently the distro of Kubuntu I got was broken. Downloaded Fedora Core 
> > 6 and during the install, I hosed my WinXP and couldn't get FC-6 to boot.
> >
> > Reloaded WinXP on hda and reinstalled my files (fortunately from 
> > up-to-date backups.) Then I  re-downloaded Fedora Core 6, verified the 
> > iso's with SHA1SUM, and burned the 5 cd's, verifying the burned cd 
> > carefully with the iso file.
> >
> > Then I installed FC-6 on my hdb.  The process took nearly 30 minutes, 
> > and the last thing the installer told me, prior to telling me to remove 
> > the media from the CD tray, was that it had installed a boot loader. 
> > (Didn't specify LILO or GRUB.)
> >
> > When I rebooted, WinXP came up. No boot loader options. Hours of careful 
> > work, but no payoff.
> >
> > How do I re-write GRUB?  Or LILO?
> >   
> Just finished repartitioning hda to install Norton Boot Magic. Even 
> _that_ doesn't get Fedora Core 6 to boot.
> 
> Tried to find a copy of  supergrub, but none of the links were current.
> 
> Bob Eaton
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