Bug 163932

Summary:	Grub does not load system boots right into XP with no FC4 boot option (XP on hda and FC4 on hdb)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Nathan M <nmeryash>
Component:	grub	Assignee:	Peter Jones <pjones>
Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	4
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-51741.html
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Description Nathan M 2005-07-22 02:58:26 UTC

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Description of problem:
I am experiencing the exact same issue as "duralisis" describes in detail at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-51741.html.  I've tried the same fix attempts as duralist tried with the same unsuccessfull results (booting grub on different drives, etc...).

My Configuration is:
Dell Dimension 8100
BIOS XP2
hda 40GB IDE with NTLDR XP Pro SP2
hdb 20GB IDE with FC4

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
FC4

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install FC on 20GB HD (hdb)
2. Tell Installer to put GRUB on hda MBR
3. Reboot
  

Actual Results:  System goes straight into XP without loading GRUB

Expected Results:  Grub should have prompted to boot into XP or FC4

Additional info:

Configuring NTLDR to allow booting to FC4 on hdb using bootpart in Windows does not allow booting of FC4 either.  See:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-51741.html.

I've tried reinstalling FC4 entirely (no change in error), I tried changing the bootloader settings using the recover mode and update installation tools, this gave a Kernel error and said no changes could be made to the bootloader configuration (can't remember the exact message).

Comment 1 Nathan M 2005-07-22 03:08:18 UTC

The directions I initally had followed can be found at:
http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/02/15/2023237
I followed these directions verbatim and still had problems when I selected 
Linux from the list.  I then tried installing Grub to use as a bootloader 
instead of NTLDR on hda.  This resulted in the system booting straight to XP 
with no Grub prompt for selecting FC4.

Comment 2 Nathan M 2005-07-22 19:16:58 UTC

I just wanted to also note that the 40GB hda is formated with NTFS.  This may 
be relavent.

Comment 3 Nathan M 2005-07-25 07:06:32 UTC

I have found a work around for this issue on my configuration:

I first booted to the recover console from the first Fedora Core 4 CD opened
"grub" and entered the commands as follows:

---code-----------------------------------------
# grub
grub> root (hd1,0) (since fedora /boot is on /hdb)
grub> setup (hd0) (still the mbr of the first hd)
grub> quit
------------------------------------------------

Next rebooting the system gave the grub boot prompt, problem solved.  This is
deffinatley still a bug in the FC 4 installer in that this is not automatically
configured as it should be (or as the install wizard suggests).

Comment 4 Christian Iseli 2007-01-22 10:53:39 UTC

This report targets the FC3 or FC4 products, which have now been EOL'd.

Could you please check that it still applies to a current Fedora release, and
either update the target product or close it ?

Thanks.

Comment 5 petrosyan 2008-02-20 00:25:23 UTC

Fedora Core 4 is no longer maintained.

Setting status to "INSUFFICIENT_DATA". If you can reproduce this bug in the
current Fedora release, please reopen this bug and assign it to the
corresponding Fedora version.