Fedora Win2k Dual Boot


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Hi guys, I am currently trying to dual boot Fedora and Win 2000 on a 10 GB hard drive. Fedora is the only OS installed on the computer right now, and I want to put Windows 2000 on it too. I've done it before where Windows 2000 was already installed and then I installed Fedora. I am not exactly sure about the steps to install Windows 2000 on top of the Fedora. I dont want to f anything up on my Fedora installation so I have to be very careful here :pinch:. "Which has led me, inexorably, here" to seek advice.

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I *think* Fedora has a recovery mode which you could redo the mbr. Can't say since I've never used it, but I think i've heard that. If not, just download a livecd and do a:

mount /dev/hdax /mnt/fedora
mount /dev/hday /mnt/fedora/boot
chroot /mnt/fedora /bin/bash
/sbin/lilo
OR
grub

You're done if you're using lilo, but for grub after typing in grub:

root (hd0,x-1)
setup(hd0)
exit

Of course substitute your partition numbers for x and y. The x-1 is because grub starts partition numbers at 0 and not 1.

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iyou can use almost any live cd (I use knoppix in the console "knoppix 3" at the command line at boot) chroot into fedora and the run grub as suggested above.

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or use the recovery progam on fedora's cds to put lilo/grub back on to boot

that was what the first reply said. Way to stay on top of things.

and fedora uses grub unless the user goes out of his way to use lilo.

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