Hi Edward, > boot=/dev/hda3 Okay this means it was setup to go into the bootsector of hda3. That would be correct to use some sort of system commander i think.
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20 Judging from this line I'd say that you are running a _very_ old version of Red Hat (6.2?). I'd suggest, since you are setting things up anyway, that you upgrade to the latest version, 7.3. Do you have a CD burner? If so, you can download the ISOs from: ftp://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors/iso/redhat-7.3/ Get: valhalla-i386-disc1.iso valhalla-i386-disc2.iso valhalla-i386-disc3.iso If you don't have a burner and you are coming to the installfest, then tell me and I'll give you a copy each cd. > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img > read-only > root=dev/hda3 This should be root=/dev/hda3 > other=dev/hda1 This should be root=/dev/hda1 > >then run dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/tmp/lunix.boot bs=512 count=1 > Tried. Received an error that stated file does not exist. ???? That's an odd error. Sounds like you may have a bad boot disk that doesn't have devices setup. I /think/ the redhat 6.2 installer has a rescue mode built-in. If it does, then you can boot the CD and then type: linux rescue root=/dev/hda3 It may be too old to have that feature tho. I don't remember. Also note above where it has /dev/hda2, you would want hda3. Also, this is only going to work if you have lilo in your boot sector of hda3, which your problems could concievably be happening because you don't. > I really am not setup straight to XP. I am still using SC. If I could get XP > to boot it that would be cool too I suppose. Yes, the biggest problem with doing it this way is anytime you upgrade kernels, you have to repeat the procedure. Not a very robust way imo. Grub is the best boot loader that I've found (much better than ntldr). Does your computer not boot at all right now or is booting linux the only thing that doesn't work? If your computer isn't booting at all, then let's not use system commander (if that's okay with you). Boot the XP install disc, go into rescue mode (does XP have rescue mode? I know 2000 does) and then goto the rescue console and type FIXMBR. This will overwrite the master boot record with XP's ntldr. This will get XP booting again. Once that happens you can setup lilo, ntldr, or grub (or whatever) to boot up linux and windows. This step will probably require further email correspondance. If your computer boots XP, but not Linux, then maybe lilo never got installed. You can fix this by using your boot disk, then typing: /sbin/lilo The other possibility is the System Commander configuration is wrong. I know nothing about this so I may not be able to help. Could you explain to me basically how it works? The other option is to download the ISOs I mention above and install a current version of Linux. This may solve your problems and you'll have less buggy, more up to date software. --Ray
