how to install foroda 15 side of windows vista

[joiner]

How do i install Foroda 15 side of windows vista,on my desktop, cannot see a box to select it, did install it once ask me to enter a root password when it installed it and rebooted a flashing icon to enter the root password but kept saying wrong password

[JamesNZ]

I gather you're trying to dual boot Vista and F15, does grub come up with a menu on boot up?

It'd be great if you could post the output of:

fdisk -l

and

gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf

Originally Posted by joiner

did install it once ask me to enter a root password when it installed it and rebooted a flashing icon to enter the root password but kept saying wrong password

Is fedora working now?

[kkshethin]

rebooted a flashing icon to enter the root password but kept saying wrong password

Check Numlock

[joiner]

Hi Thank you for the reply, what i have done is burnt the disk at 4 speed now i have installed it, went to the terminal because the update is not working, typed in in my password but it says wrong one, i did not pick on installing administration so now i cannot set my printer up, also my screen is only half size on my 23" HP monitor, i picked the box to remove ubuntu partitions so i have lost the windows vista , it boots right to fedora and there only fedora in the menu, i am 76 years old so only use windows,

[joiner]

Hi
Yes i put the wrong password in ,so put the root one in, updated the 360 updates ok, set my printer up there is only one thing i cart soart out is how to make firefox and the office suit full screen i can drag it to the size but there must be a setting i need it is a HP wide screen 23"

[joiner]

Hi
Yes everything is now working great. the only thing left is i have lost my windows vista, i put Ubuntu 11.04 on in windows which has a windows loader.

[joiner]

just logoff, it rebooted i pressed a key and the menue has 2 lines, the top line: 38.8-35.fc15.i686) the second line
38.6-26.rc1.pc15.i686)

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if i put code in the terminal will it mess it up as i will have to live with it, thanks for the help

[joiner]

[brian@Dell ~]$ su
Password:
[root@Dell brian]# fdisk -1
fdisk: invalid option -- '1'
Usage:
fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s)
fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks

Options:
-b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096)
-c[=<mode>] compatible mode: 'dos' or 'nondos' (default)
-h print this help text
-u[=<unit>] display units: 'cylinders' or 'sectors' (default)
-v print program version
-C <number> specify the number of cylinders
-H <number> specify the number of heads
-S <number> specify the number of sectors per track

[root@Dell brian]#

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[brian@Dell ~]$ su
Password:
[root@Dell brian]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14589 cylinders, total 234375000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000ee30

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 234371071 117184512 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdb: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000001

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 268414019 134206978+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb2 268414976 269438975 512000 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 269438976 625141759 177851392 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_dell-lv_swap: 4798 MB, 4798283776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 583 cylinders, total 9371648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_dell-lv_swap doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_dell-lv_root: 53.7 GB, 53687091200 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6527 cylinders, total 104857600 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_dell-lv_root doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_dell-lv_home: 123.6 GB, 123614527488 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15028 cylinders, total 241434624 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/mapper/vg_dell-lv_home doesn't contain a valid partition table
[root@Dell brian]#

[JamesNZ]

If (hd0, 0) doesn't work, then try with (hd1, 1).

[joiner]

Hi JamesNZ
typed in the first code hit return key get organized command same with the second code, then i tried the other code you sent but got the same

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(hd1, 1). is there a space and a full stop after the 1 ? (hd0,0)+1

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Hi James this is how i am typing in the codes: grub> chainloader (hd0,0)+1 grub> boot

and the other one hdi1,1

[joiner]

Hi James, got your email, typed in the new codes but still will not load vista, ; typed in chainloader (hd1,0)+1 : then hit return key got ogonized command : then typed in (hd0,0) got same massage