Solution 1: Boot with a DOS floppy (with a copy of DOS fdisk on it) go to the C: drive and type a:fdisk.exe /mbr and that should take care of your problem. Solution 2: Boot with a Linux floppy and run linux fdisk and set the partition types from there current to DOS partition I can't think of the numbers right now, but the "m" for help command will point you in the right direction. Then boot with DOS floppy and use dos FDISK or boot with NT install CD and format file system to dos 16 for now. I believe that your problem lies in the fact that for a dual boot system between NT and anything else, there are some NT boot files that "MUST" reside on a FAT16 boot drive. I've only read about this not done it! What I've heard is create a small 50-100 meg fat16 partition and install some NT boot files on it. Hopefully this points you in the right direction. I wish I could tell you exactly how to do it. John ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Marc V. C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 03:15:44 -0700 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Marc V. C. >To: Linux Mandrake >Sent: April 27, 2000 03:05 >Subject: Boot problem with LINUX version 5.5 on a computer with a AMD K6 processor. > > >Dear Sir, >Dear Madam, > >This is a description of the problem I experienced after I installed Linux 5.5 on a >computer with a AMD K6 processor: >- The computer had Windows NT 4.0 Server installed and was working correctly. >- Following hardware was installed on the Computer: > S3 Virge display driver, 16 speed IDE CD ROM and a HP CD Writer, Advance Sound >card, Dynalink S1433VQH modem, HP 880C deskjet printer, IOMEGA Zip drive for parallel >port. >- A 5 GB diskdrive and a 3 GB diskdrive are installed in the computer. >- The partition table is C: 2 GB for the Windows NT 4.0 boot under NTFS. (drive A) > D: 3 GB formatted NTFS (drive A) > E: 3 GB Formatted NTFS (drive B) > > >When I first tried to install the LINUX 5.5 software version using a boot floppy >following errors were encountered: >- Linux was installed on hdb. A swap partition of 100 MB was reacted in hdb. This >gave following partition table: hda1: NTFS with WINNT boot function. > hda2: NTFS > hdb1: Linux mounted with "/" > hdb2: Linux Swap >- I was only able to install Linux with the "Recommend" option. For all other options >the installation failed. >- After installation Linux was configured as the default boot. WINNT could be >selected after pressing the <TAB> button. >- After a couple of days the contents on the display got scramble while browsing >through the "HELP" for DRAKE. The scrambling of the display could be compared with >the same screen you get under Windows when your monitor does not support the display >settings of your display driver. > >- First of all I tried to re-install Linux with the upgrade option. This failed. >- Linux was re-installed with the " Install" option. Installation was completed >successfully. >- I was no longer able to select the WINNT boot option. >- The display got scrambled while I was configuring the WINNT boot option. >- At this moment I am nolonger able to install Linux nor Windows NT. when I try to >start up or re-install linux the display is filled with an error message that refers >the K6 processor and a lot of code. At the end of the message the cursor in blinking >in the lower left corner and the system doesn't respond any more. In the boot mode >the message appears shortly after the Linux boot option was selected. when trying to >install Linux the error occurs after you hit the enter key or after you have selected >the " expert" option in the first screen. > >- Even when I format all harddrives under DOS the computer still tries to boot Linux. >The same problem also persists after I used the restore default BIOS settings. > >What do I need to do to be able to re-install WINDOWS NT 4.0 Server and to remove the >Linux boot selection after any reboot? At this moment I can't install any operating >system on the computer. The installation of WINNT 4.0 fails during the copying of the >files to the harddisk before the first reboot. > >Please advise what to do. > >Is it possible to install any Linux version on a system that originally has WINDOWS >NT 4.0 installed? Is possible to install Linux as a server of as a development >platform when Windows NT is originally installed on the computer? ( note: multiple >boot active) > >Thanks for your support. > > > > >
