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Unable to boot from Fedora Core

by Donotalo Mar 30, 2007 10:17PM PDT

I am using Windows XP and just installed Fedora Core 6. I installed the boot loader to the ext3 partition's first sector, not on MBR. I cannot boot Fedora Core. There is not OS choosing menu appears when I boot the system. It just loads Windows. How can I boot in Fedora Core?

I've other questions. What are root partition and swap partition? While installing Linux, I set up 14 GB root and 14 GB swap partition. Is that ok? If not, how can I change the size?

Thanks for giving your time.

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From memory.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 30, 2007 11:37PM PDT

The MBR has to be altered too. Try that next time.

Bob

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by mrjallouli Apr 4, 2007 2:54AM PDT

swap should be 2 times the amount of RAM
and for complete install (without fedora extras) you need about 8 GBytes

boot from fedora install DVD or CD #1 and choose "upgrade", install the GRUB on the MBR and chose the default OS to boot in.

that's all.

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