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Description of problem: I have MS Windows XP, Fedora core 3 and Fedora 13 installed on an hdd connected as primary master. On the secondary master hdd, I've installed Fedora 15-Beta. During installation, the MS Windows XP was auto-detected as a possible choice, labeled "Other". I've changed the label to be more descriptive, and added an entry for the Fedora 13 installation. I've changed the BIOS boot order from floppy/CD/hdd-0 to floppy/CD/hdd-1 . Yet with this setup I can't boot into anything but Fedora 15-Beta. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.97-71.fc15 How reproducible: Select anything but 'Fedora' in the grub menu Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot 2. wait for the grub menu 3. before the timeout expires, get off the default selection "Fedora", and select something else. Actual results: When selecting MS Windows XP: A blinking cursor in the upper left corner of the screens, system hangs. When selecting Fedora13: Displays: Error 13: invalid or unsupported executable format. Press any key to continue... When pressing a key, it returns to the grub menu. Expected results: Booting into the selected OS. Additional info: The older Linux partitions use ext3. Sometime around Fedora 10 or 11 the drive designators in Linux (sda / sdb / sdc) started to make a merry dance from reboot to reboot. My impression so far of the new user interface is that it is a toy and not fit for serious work. I.e. dual screens don't work (too many colours?), the remaining screen real estate is inefficiently used, not enough virtual desktops. I don't have memory to throw at virtualization, so having working multi-way boot would be the next best thing to switch between a working and an experimental system.
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