Don't worry Nick I do not get offended quickly and I respect your knowledge and those on the list.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 30 May 2003 11:37 a.m. To: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mandrake 9.1 - Newbie Robert I am sending this off list cos i don't want to add to the poor guy's confusion. Do I take it from all this that lilo will not boot XP? On Fri, 30 May 2003 09:23:21 +1200 "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't worry, I think that XP uses the same sort of boot loader as NT and W2k > so those instructions should work. (Can anyone confirm this?) > > Here is another helpful site > http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00011.asp > > If you are in Christchurch I could probably even come and help you if you > are not confident. > > Regards, Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter van Hout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 30 May 2003 9:13 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Mandrake 9.1 - Newbie > > Everything went ok for me when loading Mandrake. It detected all my > stuff fine and I had a connection to the net setup quickly but when the > family wanted to use XP...well....all hell broke out!!! > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 30 May 2003 9:07 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Mandrake 9.1 - Newbie > > Once I understood what I was doing it only took about 10 minutes - and > most > of that was rebooting time. > > Regards, Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter van Hout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 30 May 2003 9:01 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Mandrake 9.1 - Newbie > > Thanks Rob. > > Busy weekend ahead I think. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 30 May 2003 8:51 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Mandrake 9.1 - Newbie > > These sites helped me:- > > http://jaeger.morpheus.net/linux/ntldr.php > > http://classes.csumb.edu/CST/CST434-01/world/DualBoot.html > > I think that if you make the "mistake" of installing your Linux boot > loader > on the MBR then you have to get rid of it by using a Win98 boot disk and > "a:\fdisk /mbr" so that it will then boot into Windows again. > > Regards, Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Undertoad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 29 May 2003 11:04 p.m. > To: Peter van Hout > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Canterbury Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: Mandrake 9.1 - Newbie > > By default, I think Mandrake uses Lillo. Can you boot into linux > without a problem? If lillo is calling the winxp boot loader properly, > then you just need to put the correct information in the winxp boot > loader. What is your loader configuration? We'll probably need to > know what your partition table looks like too. What happens if you let > it boot into "last know good configuration"? > > kipper > > On 2003.05.29 09:52, Peter van Hout wrote: > > I did copy the hidden files,etc over but left all the data on the > > second > > drive so the orgianl config file should have still been in the same > > place but I will check tonight. I think I'm using grub. > > > > peter > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
