Re: 7.2b3.img [Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)]

2000-10-05 Thread Pixel
Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > network.img: > install from ftp/nfs/http (non-pcmcia devices) ok, done.

7.2b3.img [Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)]

2000-10-04 Thread Pierre Fortin
Update: > Pixel wrote: > > > > Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > the current partition table which should be similar if not identical to how it > > > looked when 7.0 killed hda1's mbr. > > > > [...] > > > > > /dev/hda1 113104391 82 Linux swap > > >

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-10-04 Thread Pierre Fortin
Pixel wrote: > > Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > the current partition table which should be similar if not identical to how it > > looked when 7.0 killed hda1's mbr. > > [...] > > > /dev/hda1 113104391 82 Linux swap > > /dev/hda2 *14

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-10-03 Thread eurocoptermx
MAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 1:24 PM Subject: RE: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe) > Windows will only boot from primary partitiuon on hdd1 not from your second > hdd. > > >

RE: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-10-03 Thread FREDERICK K YOW
Windows will only boot from primary partitiuon on hdd1 not from your second hdd.

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-10-03 Thread Pixel
Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the current partition table which should be similar if not identical to how it > looked when 7.0 killed hda1's mbr. [...] > /dev/hda1 113104391 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda2 *14 166 1228972+ 6 FAT16 wow, yo

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-10-02 Thread Pierre Fortin
Pixel wrote: > > Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Mandrake 7.1: > > > looking MUCH better -- BUT... > > > 2nd CD problem on laptop (not my typical newbie though) Will check with 7.2b3, though msgs here indicate this has been solved. > > > finds devices but fails to set t

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-10-02 Thread Pierre Fortin
Pixel wrote: > > Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > > > > Had this problem too when I upgraded to LM7.0 which wrote lilo into /dev/hda1 > > > > instead of /dev/hda... (Yes, I reported it back then...) > > > > > > and if that is really the pb, tell me!! > > > > Thanks for n

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-10-02 Thread Pixel
Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > > Had this problem too when I upgraded to LM7.0 which wrote lilo into /dev/hda1 > > > instead of /dev/hda... (Yes, I reported it back then...) > > > > and if that is really the pb, tell me!! > > Thanks for noticing... [leaving out comments

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-10-02 Thread Pixel
Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Mandrake 7.1: > > looking MUCH better -- BUT... > > 2nd CD problem on laptop (not my typical newbie though) > > finds devices but fails to set them up > > asks for IO/IRQ but fails to save them > > finds correct display settings; but won't s

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-28 Thread Pierre Fortin
Pixel wrote: > > Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Allen Bolderoff wrote: > > > > > > The problem is that not even a win98 boot disk will work. win 98 just does not > > > boot at all. > > > > Had this problem too when I upgraded to LM7.0 which wrote lilo into /dev/hda1 > > instead

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-28 Thread Allen Bolderoff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > The problem is that not even a win98 boot disk will work. win 98 > just does not > > boot at all. > I have found the reason this happens on my system. I have to disconnect power from secondary IDE channel drives (sec master and slave) in order for win98 to boot.

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-28 Thread Pixel
Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Allen Bolderoff wrote: > > > > The problem is that not even a win98 boot disk will work. win 98 just does not > > boot at all. > > Had this problem too when I upgraded to LM7.0 which wrote lilo into /dev/hda1 > instead of /dev/hda... (Yes, I reported

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-27 Thread Pierre Fortin
Allen Bolderoff wrote: > > The problem is that not even a win98 boot disk will work. win 98 just does not > boot at all. Had this problem too when I upgraded to LM7.0 which wrote lilo into /dev/hda1 instead of /dev/hda... (Yes, I reported it back then...) See http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mi

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-27 Thread Christopher Molnar
Serge, Lets see if I can answer any of your questions. On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Serge Lussier wrote: > Hi cooker, it's me ...again! [me running very fast in the other direction] :-) > CDROMs: Pioneer DVD 10X-40X > Memorex CRW-1622 >(2X write, 6X read, I think it's the cheapest in

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-27 Thread Serge Lussier
"John C. Reddersen" wrote: > > I reported this same problem last week and got no responses, so feel lucky that > people were at least reading your post... > > I caused my problem doing an update, not the initial install, so it's something > that's changed from Beta2, which is what I originally i

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-26 Thread Franco Silvestro
I've seen strange thing like that with "bad" partitions created with dos fdisk or windows tools and after people install linux on that "bad" partitions without checking before with linux fdisk (problem of overlapping partitions consequence of create-delete-recreate partitions without attention

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-26 Thread John C. Reddersen
I reported this same problem last week and got no responses, so feel lucky that people were at least reading your post... I caused my problem doing an update, not the initial install, so it's something that's changed from Beta2, which is what I originally installed. My solution (not a very good

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-25 Thread Warren Doney
Allen Bolderoff wrote: > > The problem is that not even a win98 boot disk will work. win 98 just does not > boot at all. What is meant is that you wipe your master boot record by booting to *DOS* with a boot floppy & entering "FDISK /MBR" - i.e. when it prompts you for start options, hit shift +

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-25 Thread Allen Bolderoff
The problem is that not even a win98 boot disk will work. win 98 just does not boot at all. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > You may have damaged your main boot record on the hard drive. Try > using a Windows 98 boot ( or Windows 98 emergency disk) that has > FDISK on it. Try the command FDISK/MBR. By

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-25 Thread Bob Lawrence
You may have damaged your main boot record on the hard drive. Try using a Windows 98 boot ( or Windows 98 emergency disk) that has FDISK on it. Try the command FDISK/MBR. By using the / MBR switch, it will replace the startup code of the beginning for the MBR(it will overwrite the Linux info).T

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-25 Thread Serge Lussier
allen wrote: > > I have a curious problem. > > I installed the latest snapshot of the beta (from before the pam fixes today) > > Now, I cannot, no matter what even boot windows 98. > > Not from CD, floppy or hard disk. > > Has *anyone* seen anything like this? > > I am running an Athlon K7 8

Re: [Cooker] Curious Issue with Beta and win98 (maybe)

2000-09-25 Thread Steven J Mackenzie
> Now, I cannot, no matter what even boot windows 98. > > Not from CD, floppy or hard disk. > > Has *anyone* seen anything like this? > > I am running an Athlon K7 800 on a KT133 Motherboard I had a similar-sounding problem (Duron 650, MSI 6330 MoBo/KT133 Chipset); fixed by resetting my bios chan