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Dual-booting Linux And Windows Xp 2 disks - 2 OS

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Posted 07 November 2007 - 08:05 PM

Hi all.

I have Windows XP installed on one disk and I want to install Fedora 6 on a 2nd empty hard disk and have them dual boot.

I have installed Fedora to the 2nd disk but when I get to the Grub bootloader I end up only seeing Fedora and no windows XP option.

Can anyone tell where I might have gone wrong.

Thanks

EDIT:
I have just erased the whole linux OS from disk 2, so I have now:

Disk1: XP
Disk2: empty - waiting for Fedora Installation.

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Posted 07 November 2007 - 10:35 PM

Most likely the bootloader (GRUB) was installed on the second disk or it missed your Windows Disk when scanning for others OS's. Grub should be installed on hda0,0.
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