Re: [newbie] Boot disks only
under windows the command "fdisk /mbr" will remove all bootloaders and put back windows. Remember to make the bootdisk first. I have a similar problem with my dad now. Heres a suggestion. Install lilo with windows as default and a one second timeout. Then you can still boot linux to make a replacement bootdisk when you lose it. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 4:19 PM Subject: [newbie] Boot disks only I don't know if I'm in the right forum for this I'm trying to install a variety of Linux systems onto a 30 GB HD which is in Primary Slave position. I may be wrong on this but there seems to be no option to NOT install a booter during a Linux installation. Each Linux installs its own booter either LILO or GRUB and in some cases, both.. The resulting mix of booters has resulted in problems which seem to depend on which o ne was installed last. It also causes problems when I try to make changes such as rearranging the boot menu or adding or removing a Linux system. My computer is also used by a few other people who run Windows only and I do not want a menu available to them to get a Linux up. I want Windows as a default and all Linux boots to be done with a separate floppy for each version. How does one install Operating Systems that are completely independent of each other? .
[newbie] Boot disks only
I don't know if I'm in the right forum for this I'm trying to install a variety of Linux systems onto a 30 GB HD which is in Primary Slave position. I may be wrong on this but there seems to be no option to NOT install a booter during a Linux installation. Each Linux installs its own booter either LILO or GRUB and in some cases, both.. The resulting mix of booters has resulted in problems which seem to depend on which o ne was installed last. It also causes problems when I try to make changes such as rearranging the boot menu or adding or removing a Linux system. My computer is also used by a few other people who run Windows only and I do not want a menu available to them to get a Linux up. I want Windows as a default and all Linux boots to be done with a separate floppy for each version. How does one install Operating Systems that are completely independent of each other? .
FW: [newbie] Boot disks only
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:53 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Boot disks only Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 11:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Boot disks only I don't know if I'm in the right forum for this I'm trying to install a variety of Linux systems onto a 30 GB HD which is in Primary Slave position. I may be wrong on this but there seems to be no option to NOT install a booter during a Linux installation. Each Linux installs its own booter either LILO or GRUB and in some cases, both.. The resulting mix of booters has resulted in problems which seem to depend on which o ne was installed last. It also causes problems when I try to make changes such as rearranging the boot menu or adding or removing a Linux system. My computer is also used by a few other people who run Windows only and I do not want a menu available to them to get a Linux up. I want Windows as a default and all Linux boots to be done with a separate floppy for each version. How does one install Operating Systems that are completely independent of each other? . I am running, and have tried an even greater #, a variety of Linux distros and I do not use either Lilo or Grub to boot any of them. I use SystemCommander but the methodology of the Linux installation would be the same in your scenario. You must install each distro in either Expert or Custom mode this allows you to choose where Lilo/Grub will be installed. Do Not accept the default location, choose either the /boot, if you created it, or to the / partition, or even to a floppy (you will not need a boot disk if you use this option) for each distro. Another method which can be used, if you alredy have Linux running or you prefer to do the installation in Auto mode, is to boot your system with a Win98 Start-up disk and at the DOS prompt enter fdisk/ MBR. This will restore the Windows bootloader and make all the Linux distros inaccessable except by floppy. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
