Re: Virtual Box & Windows -

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On 3/25/2011 11:55 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> That's still not what I wanted, I would prefer to use the
>> >>  Windows already on one of my hard drives and dual boot
>> >>  via grub. I will try the procedure you describe, if I can't
>> >>  manage that then the problem will be resolved with an
>> >>  eventual new install of F-15.
>> >>  My problem is
>> >>  that the only way I can get Windows to run is to plug it into
>> >>  the first slot, then Windows boots but I never see grub.

Bob: Somehow, I missed this part. You have a very simple problem. What 
you need to do is set up the Windows drive as you describe above (you 
can also usually go into BIOS and tell the computer which drive to boot 
off of regardless of which slot a hard drive is in). You then want to 
boot from your Fedora CD and go into "rescue mode"; there, you'll be 
able to use a simple command to rewrite your grub.conf file to the MBR 
on the Windows drive, which will then give you your desired dual-boot 
option...

There are lots of sites out there that discuss how to do the above;
here's one:
http://danleff.net/myarticles/fedorainstall/linuxinstallharddrives5.html

when I made that first suggestion, I misunderstood your desired result 
and thought you wanted to run your Old Windows XP as a virtualized 
machine inside Virtual Box - maybe because of the title of this thread ;-)
-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA
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