Joseph S Gardner wrote: > Ok, after banging head on keyboard I've decided to ask for help. > > I tried installing 7.0-2 on a 6x85 MX 200 that already had NT on it. > I added a 3rd HD and dedicated it entirely to linux leaving the first > 2 alone (silly me) hoping to dual boot. > > Well all was going well until I went to configure X and when I > selected my monitor (Magnvox 17" with a Diamond Stealth ll S200) it > dumped bytes all over my lap forcing me to use the big red help > switch. The boot floppy that was created has some type of error on > it and it won't complete the boot and somehow or another the MBR on > the NT disk's are amuck now and I can't even reboot into that. > > I need to get the MBR back on the NT disks and at this point my brain > is fried and don't know where to look. Any pointers? > > If memory serves my I need to run fdisk MBR but am unsure if this > works with NT (with NTFS) and don't want to screw things up any > further than I already have. > > -- Joe Gardner > Handi Krafts > www.handi-krafts.com > > Linux is like a wigwam, > No windows, no gates, > and Apache inside > > Registered linux user #1696600 > ICQ # 68118000 All is not lost, yes, run a fdisk /MBR. That should bring back your NT loader. If this is a bit new, even with considerable "hacking" skills, I would play it safe. During install, make a floppy to boot to Linux boot point, such as /boot, this being where you created /boot on a /dev/hda,b,c?. Try this until you become comfortable editing files, such as lilo.conf.......good luck..... Craig
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