On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> John,
>
> Thanks for the help. What does the fdisk/mbr (I working from memory
> here...rec'd that email home and now at work) do?
>
Gives you a "clean" master boot record, which is where LILO
resides.
> What I did was, using fdisk, clear all Linux
> partitions but left the DOS > partition. I then rebooted
> to the Mandrake CDROM and went through the setup
> with no probelms. Everything installed and when I
> rebooted, I went into Linux. Every time I rebooted I go
> into Linux with no boot menu allowing me into Windows.
> I used the linuxcong program in KDE to set the boot
> config to give me the menu and then rebooted.
HUH???What boot menu??? I just use LILO here. Here's my
lilo.conf for a dual-boot system (RedHat/Win98 here at
work.)
====begin lilo.conf=========
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
label=linux
root=/dev/hda5
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
table=/dev/hda
=======end lilo.conf===============
> I now get the menu, but when I pick Lunix the
> lnx4Win.exe program starts and tries to do another
> install...then fails and shuts down. In the autoexec.bat
> there is a command related to > lnx4Win.exe that has
> parameters on it. I'm guessing this is the boot
> menu/install program. Can I edit this command line to
> not start install, but rather just load Linux? or...
>
Does lnx4win.exe install Linux on the same filesystem or
does it partition the hard drive? IIRC, you partitioned it.
Go to your Linux CD to the /dosutils directory. Get the
program "rawrite.exe" and copy it to your hard drive
somewhere. Then, take a blank floppy (preferably new/fresh
from the box) stick it into your floppy drive and go back to
your Mandrake CD to the /images directory and type "rawrite
resuce.img" and hit enter.
Then, shut down windows and reboot from the install disk.
When prompted, type "rescue" and wait. A minute or so
later, it will prompt you to put in the next disk. This
will be the disk you made.
Then, when it's done booting, check out your
/dev/hda5/etc/lilo.conf to make sure it looks something
like the one I posted here. If it doesn't, you'll need to
edit it to make it look like that. Then, run
/dev/hda5/sbin/lilo and then reboot. After that, you can
type "linux" or hit your tab button to bring up a list of
boot images. The "label" is what you'll see listed. I use
"linux" or "dos" YMMV.
Good luck!
John
