: Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 Upgrade & MBR of HDA (Torrey)
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Torrey Peacock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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My system is setup the same way, with Win98 and Win2000 on hda, and Linux
on hdc. With Mandrake 7.0, I was using LILO to boot either Linux or
"Windows" - the NT boot loader - from which I could select either version
of Windows. I tried installing 7.1 both as an upgrade (once) and as a New
In
First of all, fdisk /mbr wouldn't fix the damage that the installer had
done. I got an invalid media type on drive c:. The directories
wouldn't list. Norton 2000 wouldn't fix it either. How do you figure
it is user error, when GRUB wiped my mbr and it wasn't repairable. I
tried all to get tha
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] 7.1 Upgrade & MBR of HDA (Torrey)
> At 08:40 AM 7/23/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > A couple of question on your problem.
> >Did you run SCIN and remove Sys Comman
At 08:40 AM 7/23/00 -0400, you wrote:
> A couple of question on your problem.
>Did you run SCIN and remove Sys Command before you installed 7.1?
>If not did you use the Sys Command Add OS Wizard when you installed 7.1?
>
>Sys Command and Grub are basicly the same type of boot program and will No
To: "Mandrake Newbie List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 6:48 PM
Subject: [newbie] 7.1 Upgrade & MBR of HDA
> Well, here's another problem I ran into upgrading to 7.1. I tried
> specifying LILO when DrakConf asked me which bootloader to use. The
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Torrey Peacock wrote:
I have had the exact same situation. I have
two hard disks, with Windows
on hda, and Linux on hdc. Normally, I install LILO to the MBR
of
hda. After installing Mandrake 7.1, I could boot into Linux through
GRUB,
but Windows was inaccessible. I could boot DOS with a flopp
Thanks for the response Torrey. This is the third time I've wiped
winslows in a year. I have all my critical stuff on cd/rw..so it won't
be a big deal getting what I need back. I hate to use that os
anyway...it's too slow and inflexible. Norton 2000 couldn't fix the
GRUB problem. I just refor
I have had the exact same situation. I have two hard disks, with Windows
on hda, and Linux on hdc. Normally, I install LILO to the MBR of
hda. After installing Mandrake 7.1, I could boot into Linux through GRUB,
but Windows was inaccessible. I could boot DOS with a floppy disk, but the
C:
Well, here's another problem I ran into upgrading to 7.1. I tried
specifying LILO when DrakConf asked me which bootloader to use. The
lilo configuration returned a syntax error. I went ahead and chose
GRUB. when I booted to my first hard driveLILO stopped after the I,
so I used my handy da
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