Do you have only one drive in your computer?
If so type "fdisk /dev/hda" from the console prompt in Linux.
I.E.
# fdisk /dev/hda
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1027.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1027 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 26 208813+ 6 FAT16
/dev/hda2 27 1027 8040532+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 27 30 32098+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 31 1027 8008371 83 Linux
Command (m for help):
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(q gets you out safely...)
Notice I typed the "P" command to see what the partitions are on the hard
drive.
If you see a /dev/hda1 with a "System" type of something OTHER than Linux,
Swap or Extended, then your Winblows installation is still there...
Try booting from a DOS floppy disk to double check.
If you can see the C: drive from a DOS floppy boot, you merely need to
modify Lilo to allow you to boot Windows.
If on the otherhand you see a Swap, Linux or Extended entry for /dev/hda1,
then you have overwritten your Windows installation while installing
Linux/Mandrake.
-JMS
-----Original Message-----
From: Chen, PeterX [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 1:21 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Correction to my earlier post!!!
My previous post:
On my first boot into the system, there were 2 problems:
1.) I noticed that LILO only gave me two optons:
- linux
- dos
The 2 choices should be changed to:
- linux
- floppy
Sorry about the mistake. I was in a frantic mood after realizing that LILO
didn't have an option for dos.
So please help!!! Thanks to all who already replied!
Peter
