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hey i Installed Windows XP Pro onto my computer first ... then as suggested , i insalled Fedora Core 7 onto my computer second ... ive been working with both of them for a while now and they work great
however , i really dont like the boot loader that fedora has cause it starts up fedora automaticly unless i manually click to stop and then arrow down to other and then hit enter ... its just alot more button pressing then i want to deal with
question ? oh yes ... lol
how can i make it so that the fedora 7 boot loader will set "other " or windows XP Pro as the default load and then fedora as the secondary ...
so then i can just press the button and it will load windows up ... but if i want to use linux i have to stop it on the bootloader
NOTE THIS ISNT THE WINDOWS LOADER
thanks alot all u linux smarties
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Posted 18 September 2007 - 11:10 PM
Im going to assume you went with the Standard GRUB boot loader.
open the terminal and login as root Copy and paste this command into it.
that will allow you to open gedit with the grub.conf file in it. It should resemble this (minus the xen kenels) (note: this has been slightly formatted for easier reading) :
Using this as an example I would change the Default (bold) to 7 for a windows XP boot, you can change the time out (red) (how long before it auto-boots the default) to any number you choose. Finally you may comment any unused kernels (older kernels you dont use or a new one thats not working right) by putting a # next to the title.
Reboot your PC and It should work
note: The grub.conf file I posted was borrowed from the Fedora Forums as i dont currently have a dual boot system. (Source: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.p...light=edit+grub)
open the terminal and login as root Copy and paste this command into it.
gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf
that will allow you to open gedit with the grub.conf file in it. It should resemble this (minus the xen kenels) (note: this has been slightly formatted for easier reading) :
Quote
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd0,2)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda3
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=6
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.22.4-65.fc7)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.4-65.fc7 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.4-65.fc7.img
title Fedora (2.6.22.1-41.fc7debug)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-41.fc7debug ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.1-41.fc7debug.img
title Fedora (2.6.20-2925.13.fc7xen)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/xen.gz-2.6.20-2925.13.fc7
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-2925.13.fc7xen ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
module /boot/initrd-2.6.20-2925.13.fc7xen.img
title Fedora (2.6.22.1-41.fc7)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-41.fc7 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.1-41.fc7.img
title Fedora (2.6.22.1-33.fc7debug)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-33.fc7debug ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.1-33.fc7debug.img
title Fedora (2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/xen.gz-2.6.20-2925.9.fc7
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
module /boot/initrd-2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen.img
title WINXP_SP2
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd0,2)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda3
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=6
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.22.4-65.fc7)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.4-65.fc7 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.4-65.fc7.img
title Fedora (2.6.22.1-41.fc7debug)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-41.fc7debug ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.1-41.fc7debug.img
title Fedora (2.6.20-2925.13.fc7xen)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/xen.gz-2.6.20-2925.13.fc7
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-2925.13.fc7xen ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
module /boot/initrd-2.6.20-2925.13.fc7xen.img
title Fedora (2.6.22.1-41.fc7)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-41.fc7 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.1-41.fc7.img
title Fedora (2.6.22.1-33.fc7debug)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-33.fc7debug ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.1-33.fc7debug.img
title Fedora (2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/xen.gz-2.6.20-2925.9.fc7
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
module /boot/initrd-2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen.img
title WINXP_SP2
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
Using this as an example I would change the Default (bold) to 7 for a windows XP boot, you can change the time out (red) (how long before it auto-boots the default) to any number you choose. Finally you may comment any unused kernels (older kernels you dont use or a new one thats not working right) by putting a # next to the title.
Reboot your PC and It should work
note: The grub.conf file I posted was borrowed from the Fedora Forums as i dont currently have a dual boot system. (Source: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.p...light=edit+grub)
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Posted 19 September 2007 - 03:15 PM
THANK YOU SO MUCH .....
ill try it out and then update this post if it works or not
again thanks
ill try it out and then update this post if it works or not
again thanks
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Posted 20 September 2007 - 10:57 PM
A little note for Ubuntu Feisty users the command is:
(guess who needed that command today)
gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
(guess who needed that command today)
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Posted 21 September 2007 - 04:16 PM
ok i actually got a error message ... it wouldnt let me even open the file to see the data
this happens on a lot of files ... i hdid open it wil root access
i will post the exact error message ASAP
this happens on a lot of files ... i hdid open it wil root access
i will post the exact error message ASAP
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