Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Saturday 10 Aug 2002 21:28, Pixel wrote: > > "Devin B. Hedge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think you hit the nail on the head. By default, it appears that the > > > Mandrake Installer tries to install the Boot Loader in the XFS boot > > > partition instead of on the MBR. Of course this installation fails > > > and will not continue beyond that point. Once I switched the location > > > where the Installer was trying to put LILO to the MBR it worked fine. > > > > > > Am I making sense? > > > > it should default install on the boot sector only in a few cases, like > > finding pqmagic or system commander on it, is that it? > > I use Acronis Operating System Selector rather than pqmagic because a) It > knows ext3 and reiserfs and b) it's cheap. > > My default Mandrake install always wants to install to MBR - it would be > nice if it could recognise acronis, as it gets very messy if I'm too > quick on the install and forget to set to the boot sector.
send me the first sector of your MBR so that i take a magic corresponding to acronis.
