For the newbies: mbr = master boot record it contains the booting info loaded at start-up. for a dual-boot computer, a utility for chosing between windows/linux must reside there.
>Well done > >I have to say I have always put grub or lilo on the mbr. > >the command from a windows boot floppy to restore the mbr is fdisk /mbr > >but who would want to???? > > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm probably the only one that didn't have Linux installed after several >> hours at the install fest. Couldn't get the booting disk working and >> all. Those who have helped me might be interested on what I did >> afterwards. (no no.....I didn't start jumping on the Linux CDs or my >> computer) >> >> Before I go any further I'll describe my situation for those that might >> be interested. I have a AMD-500 K6-2 computer with 284Mb RAM, 40Gb HD + >> 8Gb HD (hda1 = 3Gb for Windows 98, hda2 = 3Gb for Windows 2000, hda3 = >> 30Gb for storage, hdb1 = 5 Gb for old stuffs, hdb2 = 3 Gb for backup) >> >> When I got home I did the linux installation similar to what we did at >> the install fest, except that I put the GRUB booting record into the >> main booting partition, versus putting it in the partition of my hard >> drive that contains linux. When I reboot the computer it went straight >> to the GRUB interface. Some people may say that it might not be a good >> thing to put the linux booting sequence in the main booting partition >> but as I've discovered before I can revert back to my original booting >> sequence by >> >> fdisk /mba (I think its mba, or something similar) >> >> Thanks for all those that helped me anyway. Now I'll just pester you >> guys for help with my new toy. Like how to access other parts of my hard >> drive??? I can only mount the primary hard drive i.e. hda1, but not the >> rest. And it can't read ntfs when I try mounting a ntfs partition. >> >> Cheers, >> Hansen >> > >-- >Nick Rout >Barrister & Solicitor >Christchurch, NZ >Ph +64 3 3798966 >Fax + 64 3 3798853 >http://www.rout.co.nz > >
