Dual Booting Windows XP/2000 and Red Hat Fedora Core 2

There are two ways in which you can dual boot between windowsXP/2000 and Linux.

1. Install the boot loader in the Master Boot Record (MBR)
2. Install the bootloader on the linux partition.

The first method is the easier of the two. But if by any chance, you descide to Hibernate your computer while in WindowsXP for example, then your MBR is overwritten by windowsXP and you will be unable to boot into linux using your bootloader.

Here I will explain how to overcome this setback by using the second method. That is installing the bootloader (LILO or Grub) on the linux partition . Here I am explaining the steps with respect to RedHat Fedora Core 2 distribution. But the steps are equally valid for any linux distribution.

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Configuring the Rockwell chipset based HSF winmodem in Linux

I have an Intel Celeron 333MHz, 98MB RAM @ 100MHz FSB, 12GB HDD computer. I had also brought an internal data/fax/voice modem with the brand name Ace for Indian Rs 750. At that time, I only had Windows 98 loaded on my machine; and the modem came with its own set of drivers for windows 98.

Recently, I decided to install the latest version of Linux. I got hold of Fedora core release 2 CDs having the latest kernel (2.6.5-1.358) and installed Linux on my machine to dual boot with windows 98. The installation went smoothly and within the hour, I was able to boot into the graphical Linux. But Linux was not able to detect my sound card (Aztec 2320 ISA) and my internal modem. I solved the sound card problem and was able to get the sound working smoothly, the details of which you can read here. Next I set out to find if there are any Linux specific drivers for my internal modem.

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Configuring Aztec 2320 chipset ISA sound card using ALSA

I have an old machine celeron 333MHz , 98 MB SDRAM 100MHz FSB, Intel 440LX motherboard and Aztec 2320 chipset ISA soundcard. Recently I installed Fedora core 2 with linux kernel 2.6 on my machine. The installation went quite smoothly other than a minor temporary glich that I couldn’t move the mouse pointer while installing so had to navigate using the keyboard. But when I booted into linux after installation and tried playing a music file, It gave the error that no sound cards were detected. I know that my sound card is an Aztec 2320 based ISA card. So I went about finding out whether this sound card is supported by linux. I googled for the same, posted queries in linux mailing lists and visited comp.os.linux.hardware, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.linux newsgroups.

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