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> Jon, thanks for the tips. The specific Compaq I have is a Presario > 2286. wrt the boot params, I just use the default, -ie I didn't specify > any. > > As you suggested, I did some searching and found one helpful posting wrt > Linux on a Presario 2266. this guy installed Linux first, then went > back to install Windows. Which leads me to believe there may be an > issue wrt which disk linux is installed on. Also, I suspect there may > be a 2nd IDE controller built into this machine, (there's a 2nd > connector on the motherboard, which I connected the 2nd drive to) but > the documentation that came with the machine doesn't mention IDE > controllers. -it doesn't go into that level of detail. > > I do have one question that's a bit embarrassing to ask... how do I boot > Windows from a DOS startup floppy? It's been awhile since I tried > something like that. Also, 'fdisk' doesn't appear to be available with > Windows XP, at least I haven't found it yet. I'm still searching. > Any other suggestions? > > Thanks for the help, > -Scott > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jon Carnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:45 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list >> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] help with install >> >> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 09:37, Scott Thomas wrote: >> >> > I'm trying to install RH 9.0 on a Compaq Presario (with Cyrix MII >> > processor). Since my kids also use this machine to play educational >> > games, I've added a 2nd disk to install RH on, and will keep > WindowsXP >> > on the 1st drive. The installation went smoothly. However, after > I >> > rebooted, the machine just hangs. It reads the boot floppy, and >> > starts to load the kernel, but after about a screen full of > messages, >> > it just stops. When I tried to boot Windows, GRUB starts, but then > it >> > too just hangs. All I get is a black screen with "GRUB" at the top >> > >> > >> > >> > so can any of the more seasoned RH gurus out there please give me a >> > hint what's going wrong? >> > >> > thanks, >> > >> > -- >> > Scott Thomas >> >> What's the exact model number of the Compaq Presario? I've read of >> folks having a *lot* of problems trying to get Linux on these boxen. >> >> Grub allows you to edit and look at each of the boot commands for each >> choice. If you could post those, it would help us help you. >> >> In a worse case scenario you should be able to get the XP install >> booting again by booting with a Windows Disk and then re-writing the >> Master Boot Record >> fdisk -mbr >> >> (you might have to blank the mbr first - there are some nice write-ups >> of this on the net). >> >> When done with that make sure the Partition with the Windows install > is >> still marked as active. >> >> Good Luck - Jon Carnes > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
