Ray Uotila writes: > On Tuesday 14 March 2006 05:55 pm, John Bowden wrote: > > Hi John, > Followed your instructions, when I type ver at the prompt I get "Windows 98 > [Version 4.10.2222]". I am running a fresh install of XP Home on a new and > separate hard drive (I have been running Mandriva for several months on an > older drive). > When I type win at the prompt I get "Bad Command or File Name". > Hope you can still help. Thanks, --Ray. > >> Ray Uotila writes: >> > Hi all, >> > When I boot and choose Windows, all I get is a Windows 98 C prompt. >> > Can someone help me and tell me how I can configure Mandriva to >> > recognize XP? I have a fresh install of XP Home on a brand new hard >> > drive. >> > Thanks to all in advance, --Ray. >> > ____________________________________________________ >> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? >> > Go to http://store.mandriva.com >> > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com >> > ____________________________________________________ >> >> at the dos promt type "ver" without the quotes, this will tell >> you what version of win/dos you are using. Then type win to >> start windoz. >> To set up the boot loader to automaticaly boot one or the other >> you need to go into Mandriva's control centre and select the >> Boot option, then the "set up how the system boots". >> >> Guy Faulks the only person to enter the Parliament with honest >> intentions and he was going to blow them up ! >> --------------------------------------------- >> Free POP3 Email from www.Gawab.com >> Sign up NOW and get your account @gawab.com!! >> ____________________________________________________ >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? >> Go to http://store.mandriva.com >> Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com >> ____________________________________________________ > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________
Ok it seems the old drive still has entries in the master boot record for an old install of 98 which grub is picking up on. if it is the first drive, "master on an IDE setup then boot from a 98 system floppy and type "fdisk mbr". This will rest the master boot record. DONT do it if the drive is a slave or you will have even more probs booting xp. Is xp using fat32 or ntfs for its file system? Try doing the Mandriva control centre stuff ubove and see if Mandriva picks up your xp entries in the mbr. if it does add it to the boot options and remove the 98 option. Guy Faulks the only person to enter the Parliament with honest intentions and he was going to blow them up ! --------------------------------------------- Free POP3 Email from www.Gawab.com Sign up NOW and get your account @gawab.com!! ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
