Chris Metzler wrote: > Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bootloader. This happened to me before, but you said you installed > > Debian AFTER you installed Windows, so this shouldn't be an issue. > > I agree that it shouldn't be an issue; but that's very much what > this smells like. If he's not seeing "GRUB" or even briefly seeing > the menu he's set up for grub, I bet the copy of grub in the MBR > got trashed by Windows somehow.
I'd agree his grub partition numbering must be right - he managed to get grub to boot into Linux and XP at least once. I can't help wondering if the fact that his /boot partition was _marked_ bootable is a problem. Linux certainly doesn't need to have a partition marked bootable, and iirc Windows (at least use to) have a problem with multiple bootable partitions. I though earlier versions simply refused to boot. Perhaps XP noted the "wrong" bootable partition and merrily rewrote things to match its version of reality. derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
