Lilo does not currently have a limitation on the size of the disk drive, so if you are avoiding lilo for that reason, just get the latest version and use it. Tom Berkley Brent Timmer wrote: > > Ok, here's my problem, and it's not an easy one. I just recently bought a > 40 gig setup, and decided to throw linux on. I was having a few probelms, > so decided to reinstall it. The problem comes in here. I also have Win ME > and Win2000 on here, and somehow messed up the bootsector with grub. Here's > how it's set up: > > hda1--27.3 gig Windows ME Fat32 > hdc1--25 gig Fat32 > hdc5--9 gig win2000 ntfs > hdc6--4 gig linux ext2 > hdc7--400 mg linux swap > > I've had this setup before, but with smaller hard drives. Because of the > size of my forty gig, I can't just install lilo into a boot rcord, pull it > into a file with bootpart, and put it into winnt boot loader. I still > haven't figured a way to boot linux without a floppy (my second probelm). > > But anyways, back to my first. The first time around, everything worked > fine. When I reinstalled linux, I decided to try to put the grub boot > loader on hdc. BIG mistake. Now everything but winnt works (which is what > I use most). My question is is there a way to uninstall grub like there is > lilo? How else can I rebuild the daisy chain in my boot record to boot > winnt? > > The entry for winnt in boot.ini looks like this (although it doesn't like it > anymore): signature(cf6461ab)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2) > > Any help any of you gurus could lend would be much appreciated, as I'm going > through heck over here trying to get this to work. > > Thanks in advance > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
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