WinXP hard disk fast installation of fedora16 trick

Many friends are familiar with installing fedora16 on XP hard disk, even knowing about fedora16, so we will introduce the method of installing fedora16 on windows xp hard disk today, need friends can refer to .

1. Download Fedora16 DVD from Fedora official website: Fedora-16-i386-DVD.iso, put it in the Fat32 format partition, I am here C drive, that is, put ISO under C drive ( Can't be NTFS format, otherwise it can't be installed)

2. Unzip the vmlinuz and initrd.img files in the isolinux folder in ISO and put them on the C drive (that is, the same disk as ISO)

3, extract the images folder in the ISO, put it on the C drive (that is, the same disk as ISO)

4, download grub4dos: http://www.skycn.com/soft/51969.html

5, copy the menu.lst and grldr under grub4dos to the XP system disk, I am the C disk

6, repair the menu.lst file, add the following at the end of the file Three lines of content:

The code of the code is as follows:

install Fedora 16

kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz linux askmethod

initrd (hd0, 0) /initrd.img

Note 1: You must add linux askmethod, otherwise it will start the network installation,

Note 2: (hd0,0) is my C drive (ie put ISO) The disk of the file), this should be based on the ISO file Modify the partition

7. Modify the boot.ini file under the XP system disk (C drive). This file is a hidden file. Add C:\\grldr="Grub4Dos"

8, restart XP, select Grub4Dos, enter Grub boot, and then choose to install Fedora 16 to install Fedora16.

9, Fedora16 installed, may not be able to boot XP, then you must modify the boot menu, so that it can boot XP, enter the following command in the terminal:

The code is as follows: Br>

su root

gedit /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Add the following to the appropriate location of the grub.cfg file (you know):

Copy the code as follows:

menuentry "Windows XP" {

chainloader (hd0,0)+1

}

Save the file and restart The system can successfully enter XP by selecting Windows XP from the boot menu.

(Note: Fedora16 is booted by grub2, it is no longer the previous grub, so you need to modify the boot menu of grub2)

Starting from Fedora15, the installation image ISO file is no longer There is an install.img file, so when using a non-disc installation, there will be problems requiring network configuration, so you can't install a later version like Fedora14. I hope to introduce the method of installing fedora16 on the windows xp hard disk today can help everyone.