It sounds like you have not set the linux partition as the "active" one. Use linux fdisk to check and possibly fix that.
You should never have to reinstall, assuming you have a good install in the first place. Cameron. > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg [mailto:gklofa@;adsl.on.net] > Sent: Monday, 4 November 2002 15:51 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Booting linux > > > Hi, > new to linux and need help. I currently have windows xp > installed on my system (on a fat32 partition). I really > would love to get rid of it all together, except I need it > for games I play. Anyway, when I install linux, I can't get > the boot loader to work. Windows was installed first, and I > install linux after, using the automatic partition option, > and choose lilo as my boot loader, and have it install the > boot information on the fist sector of the linux partition > (have also tried installing telling it to use the mbr > option), but the computer still boots straight into bloody > windows. I currently have to use a boot disk to access > linux. What is going wrong? Is there a way to get linux to > boot properly without having to re-install everything again, > or even if I have to re-install, how do I get it all to work. > When selecting partitions and the such, linux actually gives > me a message saying there may be a problem with the way the > system is set up and accessing /boot, and strongly reccomends > me to create a boot disk due to possible problems loading into linux. > > thanks for the help, cause this is really getting me annoyed. > > regards Greg. > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
