On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:00 AM, ranti bose <ranti.bose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everybody , > i have fedora8 & xp installed in my pc.i want to reinstall xp & want to keep > fedora also.my problem is > whenever I insert xp cd in my cdrom a screen appearing saying "PRESS ANY KEY > TO BOOT FROM CD" ,then I press any key , > but at that moment a "BLACK SCREEN" appears & cdrom stopped working .After > waiting for some minutes I reboot the machine by pressing reboot key & > follow the same steps but again the same thing happens. > My question is what is the reason for this incident & how to get rid of > this. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > Hi ranti bose! My guess is that your xp cd does not like what I would guess is a GRUB Master Boot Record (MBR). First I would take a "snapshot" of the current MBR plus a bit as described here: http://mirror.href.com/thestarman/asm/mbr/GRUB.htm (and do a search for "dd if" (without quotes) The whole article is a good read for what you are doing and connects to other info you may need. You may well need stage 1.5 so increase the count=1 to say count=20 (frankly I forget how long stage 1.5 is - you can look at them in your "/boot" directory. Move this file to a flash drive, e-mail, or some other safe place. You may need it as a recovery tool. Second, use "dd" to wipe the section that you just read. Third, run "fixmbr" from your xp cd. Instructions here: http://ebestagent.com/wordpress/windows-tips/fix-mbr-or-master-boot-record/ Fourth, install xp where you wish. Fifth, make a decision to use the xp bootloader (probably preferred) or grub. If you wish to use grub copy the xp bootloader section as you did GRUB (always make a way back) and then copy your old grub MBR into place. If you wish to use the xp bootloader follow the instructions here (only call it Fedora which it is): http://bkpavan.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/how-to-boot-linux-using-windows-bootloader-xp/ Have a lot of fun! Tod -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
