Derek Jennings said onto me: ------------------------------------------------------------------ |On Tuesday 21 May 2002 12:30 pm, Dimitris Ioannou wrote: |> Hi Graham, |> Winds##t have to be installed first (if we're talking |> about the 9X series 95,98,ME) because they need to |> write the boot sector during installation, otherwise |> setup won't continue.Something that won't happen when |> you install XP or 2000 or NT4 even, I think. Now, in |> the case that someone has already installed Linux and |> needs to install Win98,or 95 or ME he will face the |> following situation. When his computer boots it will |> boot only in Winblows. To overcome this he should |> ,before installing Winblows,create a floppy-boot disk |> from Mandrake Control Center and keep it. After the |> installation of Windblows is finished he should boot |> from the floppy and then the Linux will boot |> normally.Then as root in a terminal should be typed |> /sbin/lilo. That's it. Everytime the computer boots |> the Lilo welcoming screen will appear asking the user |> whether he wishes to boot in Linux or in Winblows. |> |> Cheers |> |> Dimitris | |With Mandrake 8.2 it is now a little easier to recover your boot config. |You no longer need a boot floppy. Just boot from CD1 and when you get the |initial splash screen hit 'Esc' then at the prompt type |rescue |You will be presented with a little menu, one item is to restore the Lilo |boot config. |Thats it done... | | |derek ------------------------------------------------------------------ Yes, this is an easier way. But note, this will not append the windoze info. That should be done manually (in lilo.conf) or via drakconf. -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° David L. Steiner Registered Linux User #262493 Mandrake 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Sylpheed 0.7.5claws Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: www.davidlsteiner.com °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
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