Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP [Solved]

[Johan]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:24:22 +0100
Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thank you all for your suggestions regarding not being able to install 
> Mandrake on a hard drive which already had XP on it. When trying to install, 
> the machine just rebooted into XP.
> 
> It was solved by starting the Mandrake installation with Disk2. When asked 
> which CD drive to use for installation, remove Disk2 and replace it with 
> Disk1 and click on OK. Then, from the report I have received, the 
> installation went smoothly as though Disk1 had been used for booting.
> 
> So it would appear that there is a problem with his CD drive not reading some 
> disks. I also have that problem occasionally.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Keith
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Kindly correct me if i am wrong please.
I have read somewhere that booting with disc2 helps with the older machines and cater 
for older drivers while disc1 cater for later models and drivers???

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Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP [Solved]

[Keith Powell]

Thank you all for your suggestions regarding not being able to install 
Mandrake on a hard drive which already had XP on it. When trying to install, 
the machine just rebooted into XP.

It was solved by starting the Mandrake installation with Disk2. When asked 
which CD drive to use for installation, remove Disk2 and replace it with 
Disk1 and click on OK. Then, from the report I have received, the 
installation went smoothly as though Disk1 had been used for booting.

So it would appear that there is a problem with his CD drive not reading some 
disks. I also have that problem occasionally.

Cheers

Keith


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Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP

[Hoyt Bailey]

On Monday 11 October 2004 11:29, Vlada wrote:
> Just wanna tell you that I had the same problem. I installed XP after
> MDK 9.1, and lilo did'n start, there was some error.
> Even after booting from cd. boot starter(lilo or grub) did'n start.
> So, to fix this problem I downloaded boot manager(bootit) and install
> it. But even then I couldn't start linux(it started when computer
> starts but couldn't find linux). Inportant is that it took primat
> from XP, so after booting from MDK cd1 and configuring lilo
> everything was working just fine(lilo delated bootmanager).
Your problem was caused by installing mdk before xp.  If you had done it 
the other way windows would not have overwritten lilo and lilo would 
have had the boot instructions for XP.
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Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP

[Vlada]

Just wanna tell you that I had the same problem. I installed XP after MDK
9.1, and lilo did'n start, there was some error.
Even after booting from cd. boot starter(lilo or grub) did'n start. So, to
fix this problem I downloaded boot manager(bootit) and install it.
But even then I couldn't start linux(it started when computer starts but
couldn't find linux). Inportant is that it took primat from XP, so after
booting from MDK cd1 and configuring lilo everything was working just
fine(lilo delated bootmanager).



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Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP

[Angus Auld]

- Original Message -
From: Erylon Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:06:44 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP

> On Sunday 10 October 2004 01:38 am, Keith Powell wrote:
> | I have now received some more information from my friend who has WindowsXP
> | on his hard drive and is trying to install Mandrake and dual-boot it and
> | WindowsXP. It's not much, but here it is:
> |
> |
> | The computer just boots back into XP every time.
> |
> | I have tried altering the Bios so that the first boot device is the CD rom,
> | into which I have put Disc 1 of Mandrake 10. - but we still boot into XP.
> |
> Try booting from CD2.
> 
> If that fails, make a partition on the drive, copy the Mandrake CD's to it, 
> follow the instructions for making an hd.img floppy, and install from the HD.  
> (That is the way I always do it, because I don't like to mess about with the 
> disks--everything is there and if I need to urpmi something from the disks I 
> don't have to look around for the install CD's).
> 
> e
>
I've been dual-booting Mdk with MS since Mdk8.2, first with WinME, and now with XP. I 
found that if you just let Mdk do it's thing with diskdrake doing the partitioning, it 
has presented no insurmountable issues. Not on my Dell Dimension anyhow.
I am talking about installs of Mdk were MS was in place first. Mdk has always played 
nice with MS here, for the most part at least.

I've had issues though, but have been able to get through them all with the help of 
the learned and kind folks on this very list.
It is wonderful when those who have knowledge are willing to pass it along to others. 
I am appreciative of many such kind folks who have shared their knowledge. Some little 
may have even sunk in...either that , or Linux is just getting a lot easier to figure 
out. ;-)

Perseverance will pay off..indeed it will.
Regards.

--Angus

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in awareness." -- James Thurber

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Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP

[Keith Powell]

On Thursday 07 Oct 2004 19:33, Keith Powell wrote:
> I am trying to wean a friend off Windows and on to Mandrake, so I have sent
> him a set of Mandrake CDs to install. He was supposed to install it on its
> own hard drive, but has changed his mind and wants it on the same drive as
> WindowsXP.
>
> I have received an e-mail from him saying that when he tries to install
> Mandrake, he gets a message saying to do a reboot and Mandrake will be
> loaded. This he does and then XP is started. He can get no further.
>
> Has anyone any suggestions I can pass on to him, please -apart from telling
> him not to dual boot?
>
> I have no first-hand experience of WindowsXP or dual-booting, so don't know
> what to suggest.
>
> If any further information is needed, I will ask him for it.
>

Thanks to Marc, Miark and Thereidos for your replies.

I have sent your replies on to him, but have not yet received the information 
you ask for.

As soon as I hear from him, I'll let you know.

Cheers

Keith


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Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP

[Thereidos]

W liście z czw, 07-10-2004, godz. 20:33, Keith Powell pisze: 
> I have received an e-mail from him saying that when he tries to install 
> Mandrake, he gets a message saying to do a reboot and Mandrake will be 
> loaded. This he does and then XP is started. He can get no further.

For me it looks like he didn't install lilo (or grub) in MBR. Ask him is
his computer booting straight to XP? If so I'd say - yeah, no boot
loader. To fix it he'll have to boot from mandrake cd and press F1 on
first screen then type rescue. There will be a option to reinstall lilo.
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Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP

[Miark]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 19:33:28 +0100, Keith wrote:

> I have received an e-mail from him saying that when he tries to install 
> Mandrake, he gets a message saying to do a reboot and Mandrake will be 
> loaded. This he does and then XP is started. He can get no further.

When during the Mandrake installation process does he get this message?
Is he _booting_ from the first install CD, or is he looking at the CD
when he's in Winblows?

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Re: [newbie] Dual booting with XP

[Marc]

On Thursday 07 October 2004 01:33 pm, Keith Powell wrote:
> I am trying to wean a friend off Windows and on to Mandrake, so I have sent
> him a set of Mandrake CDs to install. He was supposed to install it on its
> own hard drive, but has changed his mind and wants it on the same drive as
> WindowsXP.
>
> I have received an e-mail from him saying that when he tries to install
> Mandrake, he gets a message saying to do a reboot and Mandrake will be
> loaded. This he does and then XP is started. He can get no further.
>
> Has anyone any suggestions I can pass on to him, please -apart from telling
> him not to dual boot?
>
> I have no first-hand experience of WindowsXP or dual-booting, so don't know
> what to suggest.
>
> If any further information is needed, I will ask him for it.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Keith
  Just to be 100% sure that I understand correctly is he unable to boot into 
ML or XP after the installation. Your email makes it sound like he is having 
trouble booting into ML but from my personal experience booting into PX is 
generally the problem. 

I just went through that problem a month ago.

Marc

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[newbie] Dual booting with XP

[Keith Powell]

I am trying to wean a friend off Windows and on to Mandrake, so I have sent 
him a set of Mandrake CDs to install. He was supposed to install it on its 
own hard drive, but has changed his mind and wants it on the same drive as 
WindowsXP.

I have received an e-mail from him saying that when he tries to install 
Mandrake, he gets a message saying to do a reboot and Mandrake will be 
loaded. This he does and then XP is started. He can get no further.

Has anyone any suggestions I can pass on to him, please -apart from telling 
him not to dual boot?

I have no first-hand experience of WindowsXP or dual-booting, so don't know 
what to suggest.

If any further information is needed, I will ask him for it.

Many thanks

Keith


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