Description of problem: After installing fedora core the first time, I booted normally, but the screen only displayed about 6 lines of something like 66 66 66. I thought that the boot loader must not have installed properly, so I put the install DVD back in and do a repair. I use advanced configuration and tell it to install in the first sector of the hard disk. I was careful not to use my primary windows disk, because of fear that just this problem might happen. My bios allows me to choose which hard disk to boot into, so i boot into the hard disk with GRUB on it, and it comes back with the error "NTLDR is missing, press ctrl + alt + del to restart". This error seems far less severe than the previous random bunch of numbers, so I reinstall it, figuring that I just configured it wrong. This time I have it install in the MBR of the second disk. This configuration also gives me the error "NTLDR is missing..." Luckily this whole installation was on a separate hard disk and I can still boot into windows. I believe that this could be an urgent error for those who only have one hard disk and partition it. It is probably easily fixable, but is, at the same time, difficult to fix. I have read that this can be fixed by replacing Ntldr and Ntdetect.com. However, this is extremely difficult in my case, since windows cannot (even through extension) read the ext3 file format. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Whichever version is included in the recent FC6 release. How reproducible: You'll need 2 hard drives. I have Windows XP Pro on one hard disk. Its actually an SATA disk, but I doubt that it matters. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install windows on one hard disk 2.Install fedora on the other, choosing not to overwrite the Windows MBR in the advanced grub configuration. 3.Try to start up the computer to the second disk Actual results: NTLDR is missing Expected results: To see the pretty grub selection screen. Additional info:
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