Everything is o.k now. I managed to get system comander to boot both with no problems. Yeah, with regard to the number of o/s's, I am new to linux, and experimenting. Currently have no problems with it, and find it really good to use. Mandrake is just another one I tried, but I purchased RH8, and it is the most complete install I have, and my main linux system. I primarily use win98 for all windows uses, but got a copy of XP, and wanted to see what it was like. I am basically a turned person, opting to use linux for 95% of computing use. windows is, as I said, just there for games now.
regards Greg -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list-admin@;redhat.com]On Behalf Of Edward Dekkers Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Booting linux > Edward, > I installed lilo, and used the root superblock option, so as I can use a > third party o/s loader to load up my systems (system commander 7). I > have had the system installed previously, with linux red hat 8.0, > mandrake to have a look at it, windows xp, windows 98. All four > operating systems worked no problems. I have had just windows xp and > red hat 8.0 working no problems. Now nothing I do gets them working. I > even tried grub to see it it could just get the two working, but with no > success. Installing rh8 using grub and using the mbr option did not > work either. Something suss. In regard to not being able to boot if > the /boot partition is not in a certain area of the disk, I think a lot > of bios don't read past the first 1024 sectors on the drive when looking > to boot, but I have not had this problem prior to the other day. > > really getting buggered off with this computer. OK, whoops. In your original post, you mentioned none of this. I thought you had just installed Linux. I had no idea you were screwing around with 4 different operating systems. Basically, I thought you were a 'newbie'. Please post more information next time. As far as helping you now, truthfully, this is way beyond me. I would personally never do this myself, due to the possibility of screwing up like your system is now. 4 operating systems 2 pairs of which are similar seems a 'touch much'. But each to his own. Good luck. Ofcourse, I could be a real Linux fanatic, tell you to blow everything away, and ONLY install RH8, as it is all you will ever need. :-) --- Edward Dekkers (Director) Triple D Computer Services P/L -- 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
