Or just go back into windows and turn bootmagic back on. that did the trick for me. thanks, bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 11:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [[newbie] Fw: LILO & Boot Magic install ?] new > explanation > > > On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > 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 > > suggestion, Check an' see if you've got 'grub' installed. If > not you can get the rpm at any 7.1 or cooker ftp site. Start > reading 'info grub'. It's pretty straightforward, and you'll soon > learn how to edit and setup it's lilo.conf-type file, 'menu.lst' > You'll be that much ahead when you get 7.1 > > I chose grub when I installed 7.1. At first I wished I had lilo > back, but after a little reading in 'info grub', I'm glad I've got > grub. It's easy to switch back'n forth. Just have 'lilo.conf' > setup properly, and run '/sbin/lilo'. Conversely, have 'menu.lst' > correct and run '/sbin/grub'. I'm not 100% positive, but I believe > both the new lilo and grub, don't have the huge HDD/1024 cylinder > qualms. > -- > ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > 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 > >
