Recently, went out and brought 8.1. This is my first jump into linux, so I
installed next to WinXP. Install goes fine, but after i tell linux to boot in
LILO the computer just restarts. All options led to the same effect. WinXP
was unbootable, so I wiped the drive clean, still the same
to restore winxp for time being
start the comp with windows startup disk
and in command prompt type c:\fdisk /mbr
after restarting it will boot windows ...
then try installing linux with the installation guide
Recently, went out and brought 8.1. This is my first jump into
Yup, thats where I am now =D. Though Compaq never did send me just a windows
cd, I got a 3 cd compaq install, so anything normal window fixes hadn't
worked. Found and XP bootdisk image on the web, and went from there. Very
strangely the first 2 times I had done fdisk /mbr, the computer
booting linux in windows style
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Loadlin+Win95-98-ME-4.html
4.1 Step One:
Edit (or create) config.sys on the root of Drive C. The contents should be
similar to the following:
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[menu]
