Fedora Core 3 Installation

[jkinzer]

Thanks for the quick reply markjensen. I appreciate it.

Another question: After installing GRUB on the primary drive (Windows XP), can I then install System Commander (on the primary) or some other boot manager if I decide I don't like using GRUB?

[slapnuts_ox]

you should be able to....i'd make a grub boot disk backup just to play it safe but I see no reason why it wouldn't work.

[markwolfe Veteran]

Another question: After installing GRUB on the primary drive (Windows XP), can I then install System Commander (on the primary) or some other boot manager if I decide I don't like using GRUB?

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Maybe. But, why would you want to go through extra steps (and risk of making a non-bootable system) to replace one boot manager with another?

A boot manager does a very basic job - it lets you pick one OS from a list, then boots it.

[kyro]

nice..... hope u got ur fedora running now.

[jkinzer]

Maybe.  But, why would you want to go through extra steps (and risk of making a non-bootable system) to replace one boot manager with another?

A boot manager does a very basic job - it lets you pick one OS from a list, then boots it.

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You're absolutely right. I was just being lazy. I know how to edit the settings in System Commander but not GRUB. I guess I should just figure out how to edit the GRUB settings.

How do I change the default timeout?

[markwolfe Veteran]

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/R...bootloader.html

or

man grub

It will tell you all you need to know. ;)

(Linux configurations are almost invariably stored in text files, making adjustments easy. In the case of GRUB, it is in /etc/grub/grub.conf, I believe. It should be pretty easy to find, once yuo get use to the unix filesystem)

[jkinzer]

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/R...bootloader.html

or

man grub

It will tell you all you need to know.  ;)

(Linux configurations are almost invariably stored in text files, making adjustments easy.  In the case of GRUB, it is in /etc/grub/grub.conf, I believe.  It should be pretty easy to find, once yuo get use to the unix filesystem)

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Of course. Sorry for the laziness. Always use man when possible! :argh: :book:

[ahodes1]

FC does not support Reiser.

Its not "supported" but it is included. According to fedorafaq.org:

Q: Can I install on ReiserFS, JFS, or XFS?

A: Yes, you actually can install Fedora on ReiserFS, JFS, or XFS. Note that none of these file systems are officially supported by the Fedora Project. (That means that you can use them, but you won't find any official help from the Fedora Project if things go wrong.)

At the installer prompt, type this for ReiserFS:

linux reiserfs

[markwolfe Veteran]

Of course. Sorry for the laziness. Always use man when possible!  :argh: :book:

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That's all right.

As it turns out, reciting from memory was a bad thing for me to do. :pinch:

The grub.conf file is here: /boot/grub/grub.conf. However, there is a symbolic link (which is just as editable and for many purposes is the same file) in /etc/grub.conf.

An edit of that file will show you the line that says

timeout=xx

And my advice to man grub doesn't really help you much. Unless you follow the advice in there to do an info grub and then read through that rather long manual.

I think I was just being a bit cranky back there.... :unsure: