"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? > > Doesn't appear to be. I've never had anything but *nix on this machine. I > used it as a FreeBSD server for a while (2 weeks).
that's the culprit. I detect freebsd and do not overwrite it by default. Should i? I don't really know if the freebsd bootloader is able to chainboot.
