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>>> Melinda Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/08/00 17:46:23 >>>
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ok I did a fdisk /mbr and windows now boots again and I can
boot to linux using my floppy so I am safe but it would be nice to somehow
tell lilo to write its info the mbr of my windows disk /dev/hda
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If you've heard this before stop me.
I got around this by using Loadlin, as LILO has problems booting if your Linux image
is on a drive partition larger than 1024 cylinders. It means I boot into winblows
first but everyone else in the house is only comfortable with m$ crap so by the time I
get on the machine it is already in windows anyway. For more info on various booting
options try linuxnewbie.com (or something like that).
fdisk /mbr is the only m$ command I have thanked god for, but it would be needed if
they weren't so pigheaded in the first place.
Once you get the loadlin program (it comes with most distro's) boot into Linux and
copy your Linux image to somewhere on the Dos hard drive, then Loadlin can find it and
work away. A plus is you can let win9X setup your older troublesome cards then just
make Linux aware of their settings.
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