Re: [newbie] Linux install on WinXP
On Friday 29 Nov 2002 1:04 am, Sekurity Wizard wrote: OK - I'm frustrated! I've done this 3 times now and every time the install appears PERFECT, except when I reboot, it goes straight to WinXP. No LILO, nothing. I take the default location for LILO from the installer, figure it would know best, and 3 times - nothing! How can I fix this?! How do I know where to put LILO? (boot partition?). Thanks - I'm lost - this sucks. Do you have more than one hard drive? I am wondering if you are writing Lilo to one hard drive and your Bios is booting from the other. Also did you try Grub? I do not use it myself, but it is real easy to switch. No need for a reinstall. Just go through the 'Boot' section in Mandrake Control Centre. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux install on WinXP
On Fri, 2002-11-29 at 12:04, Sekurity Wizard wrote: OK - I'm frustrated! I've done this 3 times now and every time the install appears PERFECT, except when I reboot, it goes straight to WinXP. No LILO, nothing. I take the default location for LILO from the installer, figure it would know best, and 3 times - nothing! How can I fix this?! How do I know where to put LILO? (boot partition?). Thanks - I'm lost - this sucks. Try booting with a Win98 boot disk , running FDISK and setting the partition where the linux boot is to ACTIVE - then reboot - you'll find lilo happily living where it's supposed to be - and you can add your other OS to the boot menu by typing lilo at the console prompt. -- Fri Nov 29 13:25:00 EST 2002 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | ;/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn Why do we have two eyes? To watch 3-D movies with. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linux install on WinXP
OK - I have a boot option on my BIOS, so I decided (for kicks) to boot off of what was SCSI Disk, which is my IDE-RAID on-board card (K7V333 board) and I got LILO. It's pretty cool - it works, but took like 15 seconds for LINUX to start booting, but when it did, it flew and works GREAT. Weird -Original Message- From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 8:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux install on WinXP On Friday 29 Nov 2002 1:04 am, Sekurity Wizard wrote: OK - I'm frustrated! I've done this 3 times now and every time the install appears PERFECT, except when I reboot, it goes straight to WinXP. No LILO, nothing. I take the default location for LILO from the installer, figure it would know best, and 3 times - nothing! How can I fix this?! How do I know where to put LILO? (boot partition?). Thanks - I'm lost - this sucks. Do you have more than one hard drive? I am wondering if you are writing Lilo to one hard drive and your Bios is booting from the other. Also did you try Grub? I do not use it myself, but it is real easy to switch. No need for a reinstall. Just go through the 'Boot' section in Mandrake Control Centre. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
