Dual Disk Dual Boot Issue Correction

Requirements

You will need one of the following disks to perform this solution:

1. Fedora installation Disk 1
2. Fedora Rescue CD
3. Fedora DVD
   

Doing the work

1. Insert either the Fedora Installation CD 1, the Fedora Rescue CD, or the Fedora DVD then reboot the computer. At the Menu Options screen press the 'esc' key.

2. At the prompt enter the following:

   linux rescue
   

3. Press "enter", at the "Choose a Language Screen" select your language using the up/down arrow keys, then tab to "ok" and press the enter key.

4. At the "Keyboard Type Screen" select your keyboard type using the up/down arrow keys, then tab to "ok" and press the enter key.

5. At the "Setup Network Screen" tab to "no" then press enter.

6. At the "Rescue Screen" tab to "continue" then press enter.

7. At the second "Rescue Screen" press enter to continue.

8. At the prompt enter the following:

   chroot /mnt/sysimage/ 
   

9. Press "enter", then enter the following:

   grub-install --recheck /dev/sda 
   

10. This solution assumes that Windows is installed on SDA (first hard disk drive), and Fedora Core is Installed on SDB (second hard disk drive).

11. Press "enter", then enter the following:

    exit
    

12. Press "enter", then enter the following:

    exit
    

13. Press "enter", at this point, your system should reboot. As it does remove the CD-Rom so the system does not boot off of the CD.

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Added Reading

• http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Invoking-grub-install.html