Fedora Installation :: Configuring Grub To Work With MS Windows 7 And XP?

Mar 18, 2010

I didn't get any responses to my question yesterday about grub with multiple disks

By "best," I don't mean with the most technical detail about each and every option. Instead, I'm looking for a guide that provides a step-by-step instructions about how to do some of the more common tasks, e.g.: configuring grub to work with MS Windows 7 and XP how to reinstall the MBR with grub after MS Windows' install program overwrites the MBR reinstalling the MBR from Fedora's LiveCD (without going through the whole install process) because I can't boot to my hard drive. configuring grub to work with multiple OS on separate hard drives

Again, I'm looking for a guide that starts with the basics about how to create a configuration file and write it to the MBR.

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Code:

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Code:
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My current setup is:
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