On Wednesday 25 December 2002 17:11, Dennis & Sue wrote: > I've decided that I want to dump Windows 2000, and replace it with > Windows 98. When I do this, It will ( probably, I don't know for > sure ) rewrite the boot record and I will lose access to Mandrake.
Yes it will > The only way I know how to regain access is to reload / ( I am an > unashamed Newbie ). > I know there is an easier way, and I really like my current setup. > Any suggestions ? 1.Make a boot floppy. Before you do anything else MAKE A BOOT FLOPPY. Even if you made one when you installed Mandrake, make a new one now (floppies can degrade over time if they are unused, and you might have changed something else since then). The easiest way is to run drakconf (as root), click on the booting section and select the "make a boot floppy" option there. 2.Now test the boot floppy. That is, boot from it. Hold down DEL as you boot and set your computer to boot from the floppy drive instead of the hard disk. Save the setup and reboot. If linux comes up, you can move on. [optional] back up the following files to floppy, just in case: /etc/lilo.conf /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (if it exists on your system) If there is no /etc/lilo.conf on your system, you must be booting from grub: get back to us in that case 3. Install windows98. Don't worry, it won't even know your Linux disk is there. But if you installed win2000 on NTFS rather than FAT32, you may need to dive into FDISK and remove the win2000 partition. 4. If win98 is working OK, or as well as can be expected, then boot from your linux boot floppy. Sign in as root and run the following command in a console or xterm: lilo That should restore your boot menu with both linux and windows listed just as you had them. Test everything thoroughly, then set your computer back to booting from the hard disk by default. Easy, huh? -- Michel Clasquin [EMAIL PROTECTED] When all is One, all violence is masochism.
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