You don't need to edit lilo.conf. I had this problem last week, and someone
pointed out the same error on my part. THANKS! Sorry I can't remember you
name.
Anyway, you can run the upgrade option on DrakX and fix it that way. Just
select /dev/hda for booting and you're ready to rock.
... Now, if I could just get my sound card (built in ESS1888) to not die after
4 seconds of running and MP3 file.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 1:43 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Installation difficulties
RatsnakeBob....it sounds like you installed lilo to the /boot
partition not the mbr. You need to boot into linux with yout
boot floppy that you made during the installation process. Then
you need to edit the first line of '/etc/lilo.conf' by removing
the number only, for instance change:
boot=/dev/hda1
to
boot=/dev/hda
now open a console as the root user and type:
/sbin/lilo
after this the system should boot by default into linux or you
can choose win98 by typing windows (or maybe dos, whatever label
is in lilo.conf) at the lilo 'boot:' prompt.
Alan
Ratsnake wrote:
>
> OK, after admitting that I was quite proficient at
> installing Red Hat Linux, and after becoming very
> disilussioned with Red Hat (i.e., the Linux version of
> Microsoft), I purchased the Mandrake distribution v. 7.0.
> Now, my hard disk has already been partitioned into 4
> separate compartments, as I was running Windows 98 and
> Windows NT. However, I wiped my "C" hard disk in order to
> uninstall NT. Now, after attempting to install the Mandrake
> Linux, I came to a dead end. Admittedly, my hard disk is
> still partitoned, in other words, I only wiped the "C"
> drive. I attempted to install the Mandrake Linux, and after
> re-booting, nothing happened, and the box automatically went
> into the Windows 98 O/S. Any ideas, suggestions, etc.?
> What do I need to do to install the Mandrake Linux O/S? Any
> help would be accepted.
> Regards,
> Bob
