Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
How do I create a MS-DOS disk from Windows 2000 Pro?? I have access to Win98 DOS Disk, but when I try to run fdisk/mbr from it(A:\), it tells me "Error writing fixed disk. The master boot code NOT been updated." If I try running fdisk/mbr from C:\ it tells me "bad command or file name." Thanks Again!! Ammon At 07:26 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: First of all, did you create an NT Repair Disk and a DOS Boot Disk? Did you create a Linux Boot Disk? However, if you need to restore your Windows MBR, try booting to DOS with a DOS Boot Disk. At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr Shutdown your computer. This will restore you Windows MBR and allow you to boot to Windows. If you want to boot to Linux Insert the Linux Boot Disk. This will boot your computer to Linux. I hope this helps. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 High Powered Penguin Email Ammon Cooke wrote: I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not even the Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas? Thanks!! Ammon PS I looked for a way to use something besides LILO, but couldn't see how to do it. At 09:16 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote: It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore your MBR and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply have LILO on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze disk slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I am using GRUB). apr From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700 The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second allowing LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the funny thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro install CD will boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind of Windows boot. What could be the problem Thanks Ammon At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to be the only bootable partition otherwise -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do anything. The same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Install CD. Any Help is appreciated. Ammon _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
This is because you are not booting from the disk. You must boot from the Dos disk and then do a fdisk /mbr. Moose -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble How do I create a MS-DOS disk from Windows 2000 Pro?? I have access to Win98 DOS Disk, but when I try to run fdisk/mbr from it(A:\), it tells me "Error writing fixed disk. The master boot code NOT been updated." If I try running fdisk/mbr from C:\ it tells me "bad command or file name." Thanks Again!! Ammon At 07:26 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: First of all, did you create an NT Repair Disk and a DOS Boot Disk? Did you create a Linux Boot Disk? However, if you need to restore your Windows MBR, try booting to DOS with a DOS Boot Disk. At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr Shutdown your computer. This will restore you Windows MBR and allow you to boot to Windows. If you want to boot to Linux Insert the Linux Boot Disk. This will boot your computer to Linux. I hope this helps. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 High Powered Penguin Email Ammon Cooke wrote: I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not even the Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas? Thanks!! Ammon PS I looked for a way to use something besides LILO, but couldn't see how to do it. At 09:16 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote: It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore your MBR and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply have LILO on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze disk slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I am using GRUB). apr From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700 The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second allowing LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the funny thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro install CD will boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind of Windows boot. What could be the problem Thanks Ammon At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to be the only bootable partition otherwise -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do anything. The same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Install CD. Any Help is appreciated. Ammon _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy to make winnt startup disk go to the hell and search for startup disk however I have no clue how to restore your win2k mbr. From the bottem of this mail chain and my own previious experience, you installed linux and with win2k or winnt. Unlike windows where it will give up the mbr, winnt and win2k dont like it. There is a howto to setup bootloader(win2k/nt boot thingy) so that it will allow you to boot both whenever you want. However when I first scred up (like what you did) i had to reinstall win2k. Since I screw/format my computer almost once a week I didnt care to much but that was the only way I could solve it good luck Nadin Merali On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote: This is because you are not booting from the disk. You must boot from the Dos disk and then do a fdisk /mbr. Moose -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble How do I create a MS-DOS disk from Windows 2000 Pro?? I have access to Win98 DOS Disk, but when I try to run fdisk/mbr from it(A:\), it tells me "Error writing fixed disk. The master boot code NOT been updated." If I try running fdisk/mbr from C:\ it tells me "bad command or file name." Thanks Again!! Ammon At 07:26 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: First of all, did you create an NT Repair Disk and a DOS Boot Disk? Did you create a Linux Boot Disk? However, if you need to restore your Windows MBR, try booting to DOS with a DOS Boot Disk. At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr Shutdown your computer. This will restore you Windows MBR and allow you to boot to Windows. If you want to boot to Linux Insert the Linux Boot Disk. This will boot your computer to Linux. I hope this helps. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 High Powered Penguin Email Ammon Cooke wrote: I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not even the Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas? Thanks!! Ammon PS I looked for a way to use something besides LILO, but couldn't see how to do it. At 09:16 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote: It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore your MBR and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply have LILO on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze disk slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I am using GRUB). apr From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700 The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second allowing LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the funny thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro install CD will boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind of Windows boot. What could be the problem Thanks Ammon At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to be the only bootable partition otherwise -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do anything. The same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Install CD. Any Help is appreciated. Ammon _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
This is not true. I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy Fdisk /mbr just erases the master boot record. It is re-written when the OS starts. Therefore, it doesn't matter what disk you use. No sense wasting time looking for the WIN2K startup disk files Chris Kelly IS Customer Support Center -Original Message- From: Nadin Merali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:20 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy to make winnt startup disk go to the hell and search for startup disk however I have no clue how to restore your win2k mbr. From the bottem of this mail chain and my own previious experience, you installed linux and with win2k or winnt. Unlike windows where it will give up the mbr, winnt and win2k dont like it. There is a howto to setup bootloader(win2k/nt boot thingy) so that it will allow you to boot both whenever you want. However when I first scred up (like what you did) i had to reinstall win2k. Since I screw/format my computer almost once a week I didnt care to much but that was the only way I could solve it good luck Nadin Merali On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote: This is because you are not booting from the disk. You must boot from the Dos disk and then do a fdisk /mbr. Moose -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble How do I create a MS-DOS disk from Windows 2000 Pro?? I have access to Win98 DOS Disk, but when I try to run fdisk/mbr from it(A:\), it tells me "Error writing fixed disk. The master boot code NOT been updated." If I try running fdisk/mbr from C:\ it tells me "bad command or file name." Thanks Again!! Ammon At 07:26 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: First of all, did you create an NT Repair Disk and a DOS Boot Disk? Did you create a Linux Boot Disk? However, if you need to restore your Windows MBR, try booting to DOS with a DOS Boot Disk. At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr Shutdown your computer. This will restore you Windows MBR and allow you to boot to Windows. If you want to boot to Linux Insert the Linux Boot Disk. This will boot your computer to Linux. I hope this helps. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 High Powered Penguin Email Ammon Cooke wrote: I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not even the Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas? Thanks!! Ammon PS I looked for a way to use something besides LILO, but couldn't see how to do it. At 09:16 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote: It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore your MBR and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply have LILO on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze disk slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I am using GRUB). apr From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700 The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second allowing LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the funny thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro install CD will boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind of Windows boot. What could be the problem Thanks Ammon At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to be the only bootable partition otherwise -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do anything. The same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Install CD. Any Help is appreciated. Ammon _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
SHIT
I wish i knew before
oh well
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote:
This is not true.
I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use
diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a
win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy
Fdisk /mbr just erases the master boot record. It is re-written when the OS
starts. Therefore, it doesn't matter what disk you use. No sense wasting
time looking for the WIN2K startup disk files
Chris Kelly
IS Customer Support Center
-Original Message-
From: Nadin Merali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:20 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use
diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a
win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy
to make winnt startup disk go to the hell and search for startup disk
however I have no clue how to restore your win2k mbr. From the bottem of
this mail chain and my own previious experience, you installed linux and
with win2k or winnt. Unlike windows where it will give up the mbr, winnt
and win2k dont like it. There is a howto to setup bootloader(win2k/nt
boot thingy) so that it will allow you to boot both whenever you want.
However when I first scred up (like what you did) i had to reinstall
win2k. Since I screw/format my computer almost once a week I didnt care
to much but that was the only way I could solve it
good luck
Nadin Merali
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote:
This is because you are not booting from the disk. You must boot from the
Dos disk and then do a fdisk /mbr.
Moose
-Original Message-
From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
How do I create a MS-DOS disk from Windows 2000 Pro?? I have access to
Win98 DOS Disk, but when I try to run fdisk/mbr from it(A:\), it tells me
"Error writing fixed disk. The master boot code NOT been updated." If I
try running fdisk/mbr from C:\ it tells me "bad command or file name."
Thanks Again!!
Ammon
At 07:26 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
First of all, did you create an NT Repair Disk and a DOS Boot Disk? Did
you create a Linux Boot Disk?
However, if you need to restore your Windows MBR, try booting to DOS
with a DOS Boot Disk.
At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr
Shutdown your computer. This will restore you Windows MBR and allow you
to boot to Windows.
If you want to boot to Linux
Insert the Linux Boot Disk. This will boot your computer to Linux. I
hope this helps.
--
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
High Powered Penguin Email
Ammon Cooke wrote:
I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not even
the
Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas?
Thanks!!
Ammon
PS I looked for a way to use something besides LILO, but couldn't see
how
to do it.
At 09:16 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore your
MBR
and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply have
LILO
on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze
disk
slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I
am
using GRUB).
apr
From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700
The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second
allowing
LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the
funny
thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro install
CD will
boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind of
Windows boot. What could be the problem
Thanks
Ammon
At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote:
Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to
be the
only bootable partition otherwise
-Original Message-
From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro
installation, the
second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the
first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot
either
Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows
the
screen
just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do
anything. The
same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Inst
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
If you are infact using Lilo as your bootloader, the best way to remove it especially where Win2k in conserned is to boot to linux. From the command line, or open a terminal and su to root, then uninstall lilo with the command /sbin/lilo -u. This not only will remove Lilo but will also restore any boot record you had at the time lilo was installed. Charles Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ammon Cooke Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble How do I create a MS-DOS disk from Windows 2000 Pro?? I have access to Win98 DOS Disk, but when I try to run fdisk/mbr from it(A:\), it tells me "Error writing fixed disk. The master boot code NOT been updated." If I try running fdisk/mbr from C:\ it tells me "bad command or file name." Thanks Again!! Ammon At 07:26 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: First of all, did you create an NT Repair Disk and a DOS Boot Disk? Did you create a Linux Boot Disk? However, if you need to restore your Windows MBR, try booting to DOS with a DOS Boot Disk. At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr Shutdown your computer. This will restore you Windows MBR and allow you to boot to Windows. If you want to boot to Linux Insert the Linux Boot Disk. This will boot your computer to Linux. I hope this helps. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 High Powered Penguin Email Ammon Cooke wrote: I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not even the Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas? Thanks!! Ammon PS I looked for a way to use something besides LILO, but couldn't see how to do it. At 09:16 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote: It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore your MBR and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply have LILO on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze disk slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I am using GRUB). apr From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700 The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second allowing LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the funny thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro install CD will boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind of Windows boot. What could be the problem Thanks Ammon At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to be the only bootable partition otherwise -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do anything. The same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Install CD. Any Help is appreciated. Ammon _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
It is a common misconception... Don't worry.
-Original Message-
From: Nadin Merali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 3:07 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
SHIT
I wish i knew before
oh well
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote:
This is not true.
I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use
diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a
win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy
Fdisk /mbr just erases the master boot record. It is re-written when the
OS
starts. Therefore, it doesn't matter what disk you use. No sense wasting
time looking for the WIN2K startup disk files
Chris Kelly
IS Customer Support Center
-Original Message-
From: Nadin Merali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:20 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use
diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a
win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy
to make winnt startup disk go to the hell and search for startup disk
however I have no clue how to restore your win2k mbr. From the bottem of
this mail chain and my own previious experience, you installed linux and
with win2k or winnt. Unlike windows where it will give up the mbr, winnt
and win2k dont like it. There is a howto to setup bootloader(win2k/nt
boot thingy) so that it will allow you to boot both whenever you want.
However when I first scred up (like what you did) i had to reinstall
win2k. Since I screw/format my computer almost once a week I didnt care
to much but that was the only way I could solve it
good luck
Nadin Merali
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote:
This is because you are not booting from the disk. You must boot from
the
Dos disk and then do a fdisk /mbr.
Moose
-Original Message-
From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
How do I create a MS-DOS disk from Windows 2000 Pro?? I have access to
Win98 DOS Disk, but when I try to run fdisk/mbr from it(A:\), it tells
me
"Error writing fixed disk. The master boot code NOT been updated." If I
try running fdisk/mbr from C:\ it tells me "bad command or file name."
Thanks Again!!
Ammon
At 07:26 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
First of all, did you create an NT Repair Disk and a DOS Boot Disk? Did
you create a Linux Boot Disk?
However, if you need to restore your Windows MBR, try booting to DOS
with a DOS Boot Disk.
At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr
Shutdown your computer. This will restore you Windows MBR and allow you
to boot to Windows.
If you want to boot to Linux
Insert the Linux Boot Disk. This will boot your computer to Linux. I
hope this helps.
--
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
High Powered Penguin Email
Ammon Cooke wrote:
I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not
even
the
Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas?
Thanks!!
Ammon
PS I looked for a way to use something besides LILO, but couldn't
see
how
to do it.
At 09:16 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore
your
MBR
and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply
have
LILO
on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze
disk
slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I
am
using GRUB).
apr
From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700
The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second
allowing
LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the
funny
thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro
install
CD will
boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind
of
Windows boot. What could be the problem
Thanks
Ammon
At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote:
Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself
to
be the
only bootable partition otherwise
-Original Message-
From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro
installation, the
second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the
first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot
either
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
That is good in theory, but if you read my message you would notice that I already tried that, it just doesn't work. I also can't boot from a Win 2K Install CD. Which is weird it seems like the CD aught to boot regardless of the MBR of a Previous install. Thanks Ammon sAt 02:39 PM 3/29/2001 -0500, you wrote: This is not true. I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy Fdisk /mbr just erases the master boot record. It is re-written when the OS starts. Therefore, it doesn't matter what disk you use. No sense wasting time looking for the WIN2K startup disk files Chris Kelly IS Customer Support Center -Original Message- From: Nadin Merali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:20 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy to make winnt startup disk go to the hell and search for startup disk however I have no clue how to restore your win2k mbr. From the bottem of this mail chain and my own previious experience, you installed linux and with win2k or winnt. Unlike windows where it will give up the mbr, winnt and win2k dont like it. There is a howto to setup bootloader(win2k/nt boot thingy) so that it will allow you to boot both whenever you want. However when I first scred up (like what you did) i had to reinstall win2k. Since I screw/format my computer almost once a week I didnt care to much but that was the only way I could solve it good luck Nadin Merali On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote: This is because you are not booting from the disk. You must boot from the Dos disk and then do a fdisk /mbr. Moose -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble How do I create a MS-DOS disk from Windows 2000 Pro?? I have access to Win98 DOS Disk, but when I try to run fdisk/mbr from it(A:\), it tells me "Error writing fixed disk. The master boot code NOT been updated." If I try running fdisk/mbr from C:\ it tells me "bad command or file name." Thanks Again!! Ammon At 07:26 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: First of all, did you create an NT Repair Disk and a DOS Boot Disk? Did you create a Linux Boot Disk? However, if you need to restore your Windows MBR, try booting to DOS with a DOS Boot Disk. At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr Shutdown your computer. This will restore you Windows MBR and allow you to boot to Windows. If you want to boot to Linux Insert the Linux Boot Disk. This will boot your computer to Linux. I hope this helps. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 High Powered Penguin Email Ammon Cooke wrote: I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not even the Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas? Thanks!! Ammon
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
if fdisk/mbr only removes the MBR... Does someone know how to do that from
Linux?? Could this possibly be some kind of Bios setting trouble?? The Win
2K Install CD doesn't boot. Why??
Sorry about making that two posts, I didn't think about these other
questions until after I hit Send.
Ammon
At 02:39 PM 3/29/2001 -0500, you wrote:
This is not true.
I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use
diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a
win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy
Fdisk /mbr just erases the master boot record. It is re-written when the OS
starts. Therefore, it doesn't matter what disk you use. No sense wasting
time looking for the WIN2K startup disk files
Chris Kelly
IS Customer Support Center
-Original Message-
From: Nadin Merali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:20 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
I dont think you want to do it this way. I believe win2k and win98 use
diffeerent mbr records. If you replace you win2k boot parition with a
win98 one, I dont think it will be very happy
to make winnt startup disk go to the hell and search for startup disk
however I have no clue how to restore your win2k mbr. From the bottem of
this mail chain and my own previious experience, you installed linux and
with win2k or winnt. Unlike windows where it will give up the mbr, winnt
and win2k dont like it. There is a howto to setup bootloader(win2k/nt
boot thingy) so that it will allow you to boot both whenever you want.
However when I first scred up (like what you did) i had to reinstall
win2k. Since I screw/format my computer almost once a week I didnt care
to much but that was the only way I could solve it
good luck
Nadin Merali
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Kelly, Christopher wrote:
This is because you are not booting from the disk. You must boot from the
Dos disk and then do a fdisk /mbr.
Moose
-Original Message-
From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
How do I create a MS-DOS disk from Windows 2000 Pro?? I have access to
Win98 DOS Disk, but when I try to run fdisk/mbr from it(A:\), it tells me
"Error writing fixed disk. The master boot code NOT been updated." If I
try running fdisk/mbr from C:\ it tells me "bad command or file name."
Thanks Again!!
Ammon
At 07:26 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
First of all, did you create an NT Repair Disk and a DOS Boot Disk? Did
you create a Linux Boot Disk?
However, if you need to restore your Windows MBR, try booting to DOS
with a DOS Boot Disk.
At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr
Shutdown your computer. This will restore you Windows MBR and allow you
to boot to Windows.
If you want to boot to Linux
Insert the Linux Boot Disk. This will boot your computer to Linux. I
hope this helps.
--
Roman
Registered Linux User #179293
High Powered Penguin Email
Ammon Cooke wrote:
I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not even
the
Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas?
Thanks!!
Ammon
PS I looked for a way to use something besides LILO, but couldn't see
how
to do it.
At 09:16 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore your
MBR
and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply have
LILO
on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze
disk
slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I
am
using GRUB).
apr
From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700
The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second
allowing
LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the
funny
thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro install
CD will
boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind of
Windows boot. What could be the problem
Thanks
Ammon
At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote:
Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to
be the
only bootable partition otherwise
-Original Message-
From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro
installation, the
second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the
first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot
either
Windows or Linux, but for so
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore your MBR and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply have LILO on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze disk slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I am using GRUB). apr From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700 The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second allowing LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the funny thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro install CD will boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind of Windows boot. What could be the problem Thanks Ammon At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to be the only bootable partition otherwise -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do anything. The same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Install CD. Any Help is appreciated. Ammon _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not even the Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas? Thanks!! Ammon PS I looked for a way to use something besides LILO, but couldn't see how to do it. At 09:16 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote: It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore your MBR and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply have LILO on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze disk slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I am using GRUB). apr From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700 The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second allowing LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the funny thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro install CD will boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind of Windows boot. What could be the problem Thanks Ammon At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to be the only bootable partition otherwise -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do anything. The same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Install CD. Any Help is appreciated. Ammon _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
First of all, did you create an NT Repair Disk and a DOS Boot Disk? Did you create a Linux Boot Disk? However, if you need to restore your Windows MBR, try booting to DOS with a DOS Boot Disk. At the C:\ prompt, type in: fdisk /mbr Shutdown your computer. This will restore you Windows MBR and allow you to boot to Windows. If you want to boot to Linux Insert the Linux Boot Disk. This will boot your computer to Linux. I hope this helps. -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 High Powered Penguin Email Ammon Cooke wrote: I wish I could figure out how to restore me Windows MBR, but not even the Install CD will boot. Any more Ideas? Thanks!! Ammon PS I looked for a way to use something besides LILO, but couldn't see how to do it. At 09:16 AM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote: It's possible your Windoze MBR became corrupted. If you restore your MBR and still don't find success I would suggest a solution. Simply have LILO on your Linux disk and make your Linux disk master and your windoze disk slave. That's how my system is set up and it works fine (however I am using GRUB). apr From: Ammon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:43:13 -0700 The trouble is that I did install Windows first, Linux second allowing LILO to write over the boot sector on the windows drive. But the funny thing about the problem is that not even a Windows 2000 Pro install CD will boot. The screen goes blank, nothing happens if I try any kind of Windows boot. What could be the problem Thanks Ammon At 07:05 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, you wrote: Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to be the only bootable partition otherwise -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do anything. The same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Install CD. Any Help is appreciated. Ammon _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
[newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do anything. The same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Install CD. Any Help is appreciated. Ammon
RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble
Make sure you install Mandrake second Windows will force itself to be the only bootable partition otherwise -Original Message- From: Ammon Cooke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot Trouble I have 2 hard drives, the first containing a Win 2K Pro installation, the second a Linux Mandrake 7.2. When I installed I put LILO on the first(windows hard drive), it supposedly would allow me to boot either Windows or Linux, but for some reason when I try to boot Windows the screen just goes blank, nothing happens, a Ctrl+Alt+Del won't do anything. The same thing happens if I try to boot from the Win 2K Pro Install CD. Any Help is appreciated. Ammon
