windows 7 and fedora 12 linux dual boot issue
Hello, i have a huge issue, i have a laptop with windows 7 installed on it and i created a new partition of 15 GB and installed fedora 12 linux onto it, everything was fine doing dual boot first time. I then created a new partion and rebooted system as it was required..when i did that i get put straight to black grub screen and cannot get to either operating system.
When i put in my windows disc and act as if im going to do a full install of windows again it shows all of my partitions there, but not allowing me to boot into anything .. a friend told me that it was the grub that was the problem and had messed up my boot manager..is this right and how can i fix this??
thank you
Re: windows 7 and fedora 12 linux dual boot issue
I think that the problem lies in the way Windows 7 creates partitions. If you set aside say, 32000 MB to install the OS, it’ll create two partitions: one small partition (< 100 MB) for the boot manager (I guess this is taken from /boot partition of Linux distros) and another one with 31900 MB where the actual files are copied (In most PCs this is C:).
- Boot up the system from a live Linux CD.
- Create an NTFS partition in which you will install Windows 7, with enough space.
- Create ext3/4 partitions for /, /boot and /home as you wish.
- Create a swap partition if needed.
- Now install Windows, choosing the NTFS partition.
- Then install Linux, the usual way.
- GRUB will automatically detect Windows 7, and add it up to the boot menu.
Re: windows 7 and fedora 12 linux dual boot issue
thanks for responding:thumbup1: .. so is there no way to save everything on my computer? got to do a complete fresh install of operating systems?
cause all my partitions are still there and i guess that means both operating systems are there as well as everything on the computer still??
Re: windows 7 and fedora 12 linux dual boot issue
its ok, i managed to save windows 7, had to delete the partition linux was installed on though..well, guess i'll start from scratch again..thanks again