Hi Jason,
Thanks for your prompt reply...Unfortunately, I had tried lilo but it does not work...I think the problem is that for some reason linux is reading a different geometry versus the one read by the bios. I am also suspecting that it has to do with the settings in the setup that is causing the problem, but I am not too sure what is it. Since it is a relatively new hardware, sometimes they bring settings that far from doing one a favor they make things more complicated--specially when it comes to a linux environment, since manufacturers always have in mind is a windows user...
thanks once again...I will continue battling with it...
Jason Tower wrote:
i've had problem with grub before, particularly with suse. try using lilo instead.
jason
On Sunday 18 July 2004 14:58, William Villalba wrote:
Dear all,
I've been trying for the last 4 days to install linux on my system , but I am doing something that is preventing grub or lilo to be installed in the mbr. This is the situation: I have two hard drives, a 160 gb and a 80 gb. I used to have the 80 gb for data and the 160 gb for the operating systems--windows xp, gentoo, and suse. I decided to swap the 160 for data and the 80 for installing operating systems. I did the usual: installed windows then went ahead to install linux. Originally I planned to install SuSe 9.1--a network install, and after finishing, everything seemed to be okay, but grub did not work. I tried to fix grub by using the "rescue" option, invoking "grub", root (hd0,x), and setup (hd0), but didn't work. I tried then to install Mandrake, RedHat, Debian...with the same result. Of course, I checked the bios and changed some settings--from "Enhance" to "legacy", from "auto" to "user", and played around with different possibilities. No luck! Does anyone know what could be the problem? I thought that this was a kernel 2.6 issue, but I guess not because I have tried installations with kernel 2.4, but does not work either. My system is a Pentium 4, with a Intel motherboard, a 80gb Maxtor drive and a Seagate 160 drive--both ide. A while ago I had a similar problem and how I solved it was by installing Linux first, then Windows and later using a knoppix cd to restore grub. However, I am not too sure this is the ideal solution, not to mention that this one have my head spinning...and I can't solve it. Any help I will greatly appreciate it.
william
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