[Wylug-help] Grub, dual boot query

Mike mike at jazzitis.uklinux.net
Thu Jun 16 19:41:08 BST 2005


I've just loaded FC4 onto a slave disc, just installed into an old W98
box. When it came to configuring the boot loader, I changed the
secondary system from "other" to "Win98". Firstly, did I do the right
thing?

More importantly, I think I forgot to tell it to use FC4 as the first
boot option in hda's MBR, so now it boots up on W98. In other words,
when I highlighted the second line, forgot to re-select the first line
at that stage, so cocking up the main instruction. I've tried sorting it
out using the rescueCD but obviously haven't got it right, if it can be
done. Is there a way of reinstalling grub so it boots fc4 on hdb as
first choice and w98 on hda as second, or do I have to re-install the
whole thing, trying to get the boot instructions right this time?

Best regards,

Mike Goodman




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