On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote: > No one answered my original query. Thought I would try again. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael E. Shea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 11:20 AM > Subject: [newbie] Problems with boot disk. > > > > I have Linux Mandrake 7.0 Complete installed on the following system > > Athlon 500 MHZ > > 64M ram. > > 20G byte IBM hard disk. > > > > I have as a first partition an 8G fat32 partition with Windows 98. DrakeX > > setup a swap partition, a /boot partition (hda5) and a root partition > > (hda7). Boot loader is lilo. > > > > I need to reinstall Windows 98. I understand that if a do this Windows 98 > > setup will remove lilo from the boot sector in favor of its own boot > loader. > > For this reason I am trying to make a boot floppy so I can mount the root > > filesystem and reinstall lilo after I reload 98. > > > > I have tried created boot and rescue disks using both dos (writeraw) and > > linux following the instructions from the documentation. The boot disk > works > > but whenever I select "rescue" from the "boot:" prompt and put in the > rescue > > diskette I get an error. I am not sure but I think the error message is > the > > same as below. > > > > I have also tried to use mkbootdisk to make a boot floppy. When I boot off > > it says it is trying to load the root filesystem off of hda7, I then get > an > > "Error: 0x10" message. > > > > Any suggestions. > > May-be somebody will give you a real bit of advice: let me just express my sympathy. Boot and rescue disks seem to work only in a plathonic space of ideal computers and virtuous users. If you installed Linux from a cd, you can just allow Windows to destroy your boot sector, then make a fake upgrading of Linux from your cd, during which you'll tell it "Oh, yes, I'd love to install a loader! Lilo 'd suit me perfecly well" Nevertheless, If I were you, I would backup everything I 'd think valuable. But I must say that I 'd do that only if I were you: beeing myself, I wouldn't probably be so patient, and I 'd take the risk of loosing everything. Then I would be desperate, and I would have to drink it away.
