Use Windows and Linux together on the same computer

Good post but just enough info to get into trouble and not out.

Hopefully you will be able to continue using the previous grub configuration but if your Linux didn’t put in an entry to the menu-list.lst file you might now not be able to see Windows. So here is what you might have to add. However, if you use jiffy you might have to modify a totally different file. Hope this helps.

As an example—–

default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Yoper Linux (2.6.23-12)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23-12 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23-12.img
title Yoper Linux (2.6.23-12-openmosix3)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23-12-openmosix3 ro root=/dev/hda2 hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23-12-openmosix3.img
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

Also worth noting is if you move Windows to the top of the list it will become the default OS that is loaded. I usually do that and shorten the timeout to 3, or if your grub contains a default as Walter’s does, you can just change that number to the partition number for example say you have XP installed at hda(0,2) you would set it to 2.

You can just use the superGRUB CD. (you can download it) Then you can install GRUB onto the MBR, assuming you have some sort of linux installation somewhere on a disk.

I have installed windows XP and Fedora linux on my Pc. But, sounds and Vodeos dosent work in linux. How should I solve this problem.

Please suggest.

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