On Thursday 07 October 2004 01:33 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > I am trying to wean a friend off Windows and on to Mandrake, so I have sent > him a set of Mandrake CDs to install. He was supposed to install it on its > own hard drive, but has changed his mind and wants it on the same drive as > WindowsXP. > > I have received an e-mail from him saying that when he tries to install > Mandrake, he gets a message saying to do a reboot and Mandrake will be > loaded. This he does and then XP is started. He can get no further. > > Has anyone any suggestions I can pass on to him, please -apart from telling > him not to dual boot? > > I have no first-hand experience of WindowsXP or dual-booting, so don't know > what to suggest. > > If any further information is needed, I will ask him for it. > > Many thanks > > Keith Just to be 100% sure that I understand correctly is he unable to boot into ML or XP after the installation. Your email makes it sound like he is having trouble booting into ML but from my personal experience booting into PX is generally the problem.
I just went through that problem a month ago. Marc Marc
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