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no bootloader

  • 14-01-2005 8:29pm
    #1
    zap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭


    i'm dual booting with win xp and fedora core 3

    i partition drive 15 gig for windows over 2 partitions 14 for fedora and 1 gig for swap

    i installed the bootloader on the start of hda3 i.e. the fedora partition but now when i start the computer it just loads windows no bootloader?


Comments

  • #2
    flamegrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭flamegrill


    You need to put the boot loader on /dev/hda

    Paul


  • #3
    zap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭zap


    how do i do that the only options were hds3 or mbr


  • #4
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    MBR = Master Boot Record, and thats definately where you want the bootloader. So your boot sequence ends up being.

    Computer on -> Bootloader -> Choice of OS

    rather than

    computer on -> Windows' Bootloader ->Windows.


  • #5
    zap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭zap


    Mutant_Fruit wrote:
    MBR = Master Boot Record, and thats definately where you want the bootloader. So your boot sequence ends up being.

    Computer on -> Bootloader -> Choice of OS

    rather than

    computer on -> Windows' Bootloader ->Windows.

    anyone i have talked to said def don't put it on the mbr, I've been told that windows xp and antivirus don't like it there


  • #6
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    Put it in the MBR. It's the first place your PC will look for a boot loader and theres no strong reason not to place it there. Also, Windows by default places it's boot loader in the MBR.


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  • #7
    angelofdeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭angelofdeath


    im booting xp and fedora core 2, and the bootloader is on /boot but /mbr should work fine too


  • #8
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    Well, i just reinstalled Debian again today, an one of the options was to install either Grub or Lilo.

    So, as usual, i installed Grub. The next screen showed a list of detected OS's (i.e. Win XP) and asked if it was a complete list. If it was a complete list, the ideal option to choose would be to install the bootloader into the MBR, which i did. And now everythings ok.


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