Thanks for the explanation.
I bumped into the same problem a few days ago when installing Linux for
the first time.
I gave up solving the problem and have been booting from a floppy,
trusting that eventually I'd run across a solution (as I became more
familiar with Linux).
My Mandrake 7.1 disks are on their way, so that should take care of it.
Thanks!
KC
Charles A Edwards wrote:
>
> The most likely causes of this error actually has nothing to do with the
> MBR, where it is at, or the size of any partitions. If your hd was ever
> formatted using a manufacturer floppy ( with IBM it is EZDrive, Maxtor is
> MaxBlast and I am sure others also have their own). The program not only
> formatted your drive but it also flashed your BIOS to fool the hd size
> limitation and UDMA 66 incompatibility that older BIOSs had. If this is the
> case then neither LILO nor BootMagic can or will work as a bootloader on
> your system.
> SystemCommander will work and in Mandrake 7.1 GRUB will work.If neither
> of these 2 is an option then the only be able to boot Linux is from a
> floppy.
>
> Charles
