On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 06:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just installed Mandrake 9 over the weekend on my laptop. The installation went >fine and had no problems. I was able to log into Mandrake and run programs. Now, I >have an existing Windows XP Professional installation on the HD I wanted to keep, so >I wanted to dual boot between them. I found an article on the Mandrake sitedescribing >how to install Mandrake with an existing XP installation and dual boot. I followed >the directions, created the 512Byte boot sector dump to a BIN file, and added the >entry for this file in the BOOT.INI file. I was able to boot into Mandrake with the >new BOOT.INI entry with no problem. I then wanted to make sure that I could also load >into XP, since I that is where I have all of my data. All is working well. > > Well, this morning I wanted to boot into Mandrake by selecting the OS name in the >list, and I get the following message: > > "LILO - Keytable read/checksum error" > > What does this mean? Does the effectively mean that I'm screwed? If so, then how >should I have done the installation for dual boot? BTW, I did create a boot partition >(7MB) for Linux. Also, I can boot off of my floppy disk I created during setup, and >get access to my Linux install. > > Thanks, > > Chris Lynch > Registered Linux Newbie (well, maybe not...) >
What you're going to need to do is to get to a console either by using your boot disk - or what have you - and at the console, logon as root, and type lilo at the prompt. Then type reboot. After that, you should not only be able to use the WindowsXP boot menu, but have a Mandrake boot menu as well - so you can change your mind before loading whichever OS you want. -- Thu Nov 14 07:30:00 EST 2002 -------------------------------- | __ __ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;"""/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' " " |linux user:267497 -------------------------------- patent: A method of publicizing inventions so others can copy them.
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