so from what i see.. linux works win32 (i can't bring myself to say the full word it gives me the chills) does not.
what does win32 say when you try to boot it ? sounds like you may just have to reinstall that .. or try fdisk /mbr ? or get a boot disk and do sys c: ? nate Jonathan Markevich wrote: > > OK, I threw LILO in there to avoid being *completely* off topic, but it is > related... > > I had Windows refuse to load for an unexplainable reason the other day, and > even my floppy drive INSISTS that the HD be set to LBA before anything > works. The problem is that I've been running CHS for over a year now on my > Maxtor 17 GB drive, through an upgrade to Potato, etc. Linux works with no > problem! > > So my problem is... > > How can I switch to LBA? Do I have to delete all partitions before I can > switch the drive over? If so, I'd have a hard time saving my data and my > potato install, since it's become so big and customized. I'm right now > backing up on to QIC-80 tapes, but they're awfully small and I'm only on my > 8th tape in about 4 hours, and this is only my root and usr partitions! > > Any suggestions at all? Is it possible to switch the drive, delete and > recreate one partition at a time? This is where LILO comes in, since it won't > boot (LI...) if I do so. Is this just asking for trouble? > > I'd hate to even have to reinstall potato, since I'd have to download an > awful lot over a 56k line.. > > Feel free to respond off-list, if you feel this is too far off-topic; this > is just a good place to find gurus! (Grues? Ahh! Turn on the light!) > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich > == It's VIRUSES, not VIRII! See http://language.perl.com/misc/virus.html == > > I'D LIKE TO BE BURIED INDIAN-STYLE, where they put you up on a high rack, > above the ground. That way, you could get hit by meteorites and not even > feel it. > -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]