On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 22:05:01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello list.
Hi,
First...you are prob going to have to re-install Win98. If you do the
reinstall into the same partition and directory you will keep
everything as you had it. Get that going first.
If you already have your partitions then you dont need to worry any
about using partition magic again. Just go ahead after you get win98
reinstalled and booting do another install of Mandrake WITHOUT the
partition magic. Never did like that program myself....it can screw
you up royally.
Before you do your re-install of either OS, you might have to do an
fdisk of your boot sector...command for that is 'fdisk /mbr' without
the quotes. Good luck...because partition magic can do the works on
your system. Its a good program if everything goes as it
should...BUT...
Good luck...
>
>I'm having a heck of a time with the "macmillian-mandrake complete linux
>OS 6.5"
>I followed the instructions to a tee. I even had linux running for a
>short while...
>however, I could not figure how to get rid of partition magic. Every
>time I started the computer, it would boot partition magic, and follow
>some endless cycle or rebooting <-> partition magic. Even when I
>initially installed linux, I had to use F5 to break out of this cycle.
>
>In the short run, I figured that I must of messed something up. So I
>uninstalled the linux partition on safe mode in win98 (only way past
>"partition magic"). I then attempted to reinstall another partition for
>linux. However, after this new partition was created, I went into win98
>"safe mode" to deinstall partition magic, without deleting the linux
>partition.
>
>I'm now totally, utterly devastated. Neither OS works, and I am stuck
>in some endless cycle, where a question asks if I want exit dos mode
>into windows mode-> reboot-> the question again.
>
>ahhhhhhhhh... this is enough to make a preacher cuss. I really need
>win98 to operate again
>
>Please help!
>Harold Ensley
