neville.sequeira

Danleff, thanks for responding. I see your point. Yes, currently I am able to dual boot starting from GRUB's boot screen. For now, I will get back to using my system in that fashion and get back to other intricate boot related aspects at a later point. I think I got a little over involved into booting for a while there. Keep up the good work on this forum.

Danleff, thanks for responding. Below are the contents of the three files you mentioned. Contents of /boot/grub/menu.lst ... # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda1 default=0 timeout=90 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz #hiddenmenu title Windows XP boot menu (cannot return to GRUB) map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) rootnoverify (hd1,1) chainloader +1 title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 ide=nodma rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img Contents of /etc/grub.conf ... # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda1 default=0 timeout=90 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz #hiddenmenu title Windows XP boot menu (cannot return to GRUB) map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) rootnoverify (hd1,1) chainloader +1 title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 ide=nodma rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img Contents of /boot/grub/device.map ... # this device map was generated by anaconda (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda (hd1) /dev/sda

First off, I have found highly useful and valuable information at this site - thanks everyone. Is there a recommended way (or a way at all) to setup GRUB and NTLDR (Windows XP) boot loaders such that one can jump between them in either direction? I don't know if my problem is because I use a SATA drive, and/or if I have something erroneously specified in my GRUB config file; but with the following setup, I get the 'Bootpart ... ... GRUB _' screen if I try to get back to GRUB/Linux once I have jumped from GRUB to the Windows boot screen. 1. Windows XP was installed first on a SATA drive 2. Linux was installed second on an IDE drive set as primary master. 3. In BIOS boot order, the IDE drive comes before the SATA drive (have tried playing with this order - but not sure if this interplays with how specifically I have specified the contents of GRUB config file) 4. When installing Fedora Core 4, I have selected defaults to the most part. Specifically, two partitions: /boot (GRUB installed here) and '/' (everything else installed here) Again, this is not a critical issue for me right now because, from GRUB, I am able to boot into Fedora Core 4 as well as go to Windows boot screen. But, I would really love to be able to go back to GRUB boot loader screen once I have navigated to Windows boot loader screen from GRUB. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, -Neville P.S. Unfortunately, I do not have a floppy drive.