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TheProf · 09-20-2009, 09:33 PM

Hello,

I hope everyone is doing well!

I have a single hard drive in my laptop where I have both Linux Fedora 11 and Windows XP installed. Originally I was planning on making it a Linux-only machine, but after I found I still needed XP. Because of this I had installed Linux first and then XP. When I installed XP it wiped out the Master Boot Record that let you boot into Linux. So now the computer only boots into XP with no sign of Linux. However the entire linux installation is still there, as I can see it if I use a Linux Live CD to boot the computer.

So the question becomes, how do I get the computer to dual boot both Linux and XP?

Thank you.

09-20-2009, 09:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheProf Crazy	:hmm: Problem with Linux dual-boot Hello, I hope everyone is doing well! I have a single hard drive in my laptop where I have both Linux Fedora 11 and Windows XP installed. Originally I was planning on making it a Linux-only machine, but after I found I still needed XP. Because of this I had installed Linux first and then XP. When I installed XP it wiped out the Master Boot Record that let you boot into Linux. So now the computer only boots into XP with no sign of Linux. However the entire linux installation is still there, as I can see it if I use a Linux Live CD to boot the computer. So the question becomes, how do I get the computer to dual boot both Linux and XP? Thank you.