[NTLUG:Discuss] FW: Problem installing FC 6 (continued)

[John K. Taber]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leroy Tennison [mailto:leroy_tennison at prodigy.net]
> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 12:27 AM
> To: jktaber at charter.net; NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Problem installing FC 6
> 
> John K. Taber wrote:
> > I tried to do a clean install of FC 6, but got unexpected results
> that I
> > don't know how to recover from.
> >
> > I'm trying to get a dual boot system, with Windows XP on the first
> SATA
> > drive, and FC 6 on the second.
> >
> > FC 6 seemed to install ok, replacing Windows MBR with GRUB. But on
> > booting I got a grub command line instead of a grub screen that
> would
> > let me select which system I wanted.
> >
> > It's text mode only, showing
> > grub >
> >
> > I entered help, which showed the allowed commands but I don't know
> how
> > to use them.
> >
> > I had to rescue Windows again with fixmbr.
> >
> > How on earth do I install FC 6 with grub dual boot? I think FC 6
> *is*
> > installed, just somehow grub got messed up.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
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> This is anything but a quick fix but you can work with grub to get FC6
> to boot if it is bootable at all.  First you need a GRUB boot diskette
> (since you used fixmbr and got rid of the GRUB boot).  If you have
> another Linux
> machine this is easy.  


I do have another Linux machine, an older FC3. I take it I'm supposed to
make a bootable diskette from the older FC3? 

However, the target machine does not have a floppy. 

Can I make a Grub boot CD? Any instructions?

FWIW I tried to re-install FC6, but this time it refuses, absolutely
refuses, to install grub on sda. For a full install, the boot loader
screen is skipped. For an update, it refuses to install grub.

Maybe FC6 is still too cranky?

John