Re: [expert] Mandrake boot
thank those zealous guys for advice,I have fixed it using boot disk and then update. Michael - Original Message - From: Luis Chardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake boot > what I have done in those cases that I don't have a boot floppy, I boot from > CD and specify "Upgrade" and just instal ONE package. Then follow up all the > lilo/grub configuration and after it finishes, voila! the boot loader is > back!!! > > Luis > - Original Message - > From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 8:35 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake boot > > > > how to reinstall just grub instead of whole Mandrake using boot disk? > > > > thanks, > > > > - Original Message - > > From: H.J.Bathoorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 6:37 PM > > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake boot > > > > > > > On Wednesday 14 February 2001 00:24, you wrote: > > > > > > > > I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works > > > > fine,but when I reinstalled win98 yesterday,I can not boot into > > > > Mandrake any more, any help? have to install Mendrake once > > > > more? > > > > thanks, > > > > Michael zhao > > > > > > > > > > > > > Content-Type: text/html; charset="gb2312"; name="Attachment: 1" > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > > > Content-Description: > > > > > > Use the boot-diskette or the install cd to reinstall lilo/grub. > > > > > > Perseverance, > > > Harm Bathoorn > > > > > >
Re: [expert] Mandrake boot
Hi what you have to do is to boot from the CD. when the you get the first screen (press F1 for help, Enter for install) press F1 and then write 'rescue' and Enter. when the system is up, mount your '/' partition on /mnt/disk (it's there by default, if not create it) and mount the other partition as they are on the original system (if you have a separate boot partition mount it on '/mnt/disk/boot', etc...). then cd to /mnt/disk and run 'chroot /mnt/disk'. this will make the system think '/mnt/disk' is '/'. now install lilo (/sbin/lilo -v) or grub and you should be able to boot again from linux. On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 06:24:52PM -0500, Michael wrote: > I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works fine,but when I reinstalled >win98 yesterday,I can not boot into Mandrake any more, any help? have to install >Mendrake once more? > > thanks, > Michael zhao > -- Haim
Re: [expert] Mandrake boot
> I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works fine,but > when I reinstalled win98 yesterday,I can not boot into Mandrake any > more, any help? have to install Mendrake once more? What you did was overwrite the master boot record when you reinstalled Windows. Boot into Mandrake using your boot floppy. Then run lilo as root. This should fix things. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [expert] Mandrake boot
what I have done in those cases that I don't have a boot floppy, I boot from CD and specify "Upgrade" and just instal ONE package. Then follow up all the lilo/grub configuration and after it finishes, voila! the boot loader is back!!! Luis - Original Message - From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake boot > how to reinstall just grub instead of whole Mandrake using boot disk? > > thanks, > > - Original Message - > From: H.J.Bathoorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 6:37 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake boot > > > > On Wednesday 14 February 2001 00:24, you wrote: > > > > > > I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works > > > fine,but when I reinstalled win98 yesterday,I can not boot into > > > Mandrake any more, any help? have to install Mendrake once > > > more? > > > thanks, > > > Michael zhao > > > > > > > > > Content-Type: text/html; charset="gb2312"; name="Attachment: 1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > > Content-Description: > > > > Use the boot-diskette or the install cd to reinstall lilo/grub. > > > > Perseverance, > > Harm Bathoorn > > >
RE: [expert] Mandrake boot
Your problem is that windows always assumes it is the only software in the world, so when you install windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2k) it will overwrite your master boot record with its own boot loader, which doesn't know anything about linux type partitions. That is why it is easier, in general, to install Windows FIRST, then put linux on second. You need to get lilo or grub (depending on what you are using) back into the MBR. To do so, you are going to need a way to boot a non-windows OS, which basically meets a bootable Linux floppy or CD. If you created a rescue diskette when you installed MDK, you should boot from that. If not, you might want to download tom's rootboot (search for it in google) which will let you create, under DOS, a fully bootable Linux system on a floppy including all the major utilties for getting things up and running. One you are booted on a rescue floppy of some sort, you can mount your Linux parition and reinstall lilo or grub. Remeber that if you are using LILO, you need to edit lilo.conf to include sections both for your linux boot (which is likely already there since you were using linux before) and for windows. If you are using grub, you can reinstall grub and then edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to create the windows section. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of MichaelSent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 6:25 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [expert] Mandrake boot I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works fine,but when I reinstalled win98 yesterday,I can not boot into Mandrake any more, any help? have to install Mendrake once more? thanks, Michael zhao
Re: [expert] Mandrake boot
how to reinstall just grub instead of whole Mandrake using boot disk? thanks, - Original Message - From: H.J.Bathoorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake boot > On Wednesday 14 February 2001 00:24, you wrote: > > > > I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works > > fine,but when I reinstalled win98 yesterday,I can not boot into > > Mandrake any more, any help? have to install Mendrake once > > more? > > thanks, > > Michael zhao > > > > > Content-Type: text/html; charset="gb2312"; name="Attachment: 1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > Content-Description: > > Use the boot-diskette or the install cd to reinstall lilo/grub. > > Perseverance, > Harm Bathoorn >
Re: [expert] Mandrake boot
And I'll bet you didn't make a boot floppy? If not you can do an update (from like a regular install), then pick out anything to install and lilo (or grub) will rewrite the mbr. You will have linux, and old linux, but you can edit your lilo.conf to cut that down. -s P.S. Could you please post in plain text only? On Tuesday 13 February 2001 05:24 pm, you wrote: > I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works fine,but when I > reinstalled win98 yesterday,I can not boot into Mandrake any more, any > help? have to install Mendrake once more? > thanks, > Michael zhao > Content-Type: text/html; charset="gb2312"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description:
Re: [expert] Mandrake boot
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 00:24, you wrote: > > I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works > fine,but when I reinstalled win98 yesterday,I can not boot into > Mandrake any more, any help? have to install Mendrake once > more? > thanks, > Michael zhao > Content-Type: text/html; charset="gb2312"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description: Use the boot-diskette or the install cd to reinstall lilo/grub. Perseverance, Harm Bathoorn
