Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-11-01 Thread Technoslick
: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo? The only thing that I have yet to change is the timing in lilo upon boot-up. I want lilo to sit there and wait for me to select the O/S I want, not pick one after so many seconds. [Kesav] Hi for this I think GRUB is better compared to LILO. Rgds

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-11-01 Thread JM5379
and useful as i did. --- Original Message --- From: Technoslick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo? That may be, Kesav! I am not as familiar with Grub, so I stick with what little I know of LILO. After some research, I deduced

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-11-01 Thread Technoslick
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo? i've used both lilo and grub; grub has many advantages, though an intuitive understaqnding of their syntax is not necessarily one of them *g*. one

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-30 Thread John Richard Smith
joe wrote: On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 18:15, Michael Notforyou wrote: On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 16:58, joe wrote: I wanted to thank everyone for their helpful suggestions and pose some related questions: I tried to install XP in my fat32 partition, but it refused to install there. Does XP want to

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-30 Thread Technoslick
] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:15 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo? On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 18:15, Michael Notforyou wrote: On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 16:58, joe wrote: I wanted to thank everyone for their helpful suggestions and pose some related questions

RE: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-30 Thread DaveA
] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Technoslick Sent: Wednesday, 30 October 2002 10:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo? Joe, I wouldn't use 'fdisk' of any kind to create an XP partition fro your installation. Use your 'fdisk

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-29 Thread John Richard Smith
Michael Notforyou wrote: On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 16:58, joe wrote: I wanted to thank everyone for their helpful suggestions and pose some related questions: I tried to install XP in my fat32 partition, but it refused to install there. Does XP want to be the first partition on a disk (starting

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-29 Thread Technoslick
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:20 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo? Michael Notforyou wrote: On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 16:58, joe wrote: I wanted to thank everyone for their helpful suggestions and pose some related questions

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-29 Thread joe
On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 18:15, Michael Notforyou wrote: On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 16:58, joe wrote: I wanted to thank everyone for their helpful suggestions and pose some related questions: I tried to install XP in my fat32 partition, but it refused to install there. Does XP want to be the first

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-28 Thread Todd Flinders
An easier way is to just make a boot disk (you can use the dd command or the Mandrake Control Center). After installing Windows, boot into GNU/Linux using your boot disk. After you log in, become root and type: /sbin/lilo -v That will reinstall lilo. On Sunday 27 October 2002 12:46 pm,

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-28 Thread joe
I wanted to thank everyone for their helpful suggestions and pose some related questions: I tried to install XP in my fat32 partition, but it refused to install there. Does XP want to be the first partition on a disk (starting from cylinder 0)? Will I have to delete my / partition and re-install

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-28 Thread Michael Notforyou
On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 16:58, joe wrote: I wanted to thank everyone for their helpful suggestions and pose some related questions: I tried to install XP in my fat32 partition, but it refused to install there. Does XP want to be the first partition on a disk (starting from cylinder 0)? I don't

[newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-27 Thread joe
I have removed the drive on which XP and my boot loader was installed (hda)and want to re-install it in a partition on my other drive (was hdb). I know XP is going to take over, how can I get a boot loader back without installing mandrake again? Can I just use the update option on the cd and not

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-27 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:00:54 -0700 joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know XP is going to take over, how can I get a boot loader back without installing mandrake again? Can I just use the update option on the cd and not choose any packages to install? Yes, just run it as an Expert/Upgrade. Since

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-27 Thread Robin Turner
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 11:00:54 -0700 joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know XP is going to take over, how can I get a boot loader back without installing mandrake again? Can I just use the update option on the cd and not choose any packages to install? Yes, just run it

Re: [newbie] how to install windows and still have lilo?

2002-10-27 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 00:02:58 +0200 Robin Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No need to go that far - just boot from a floppy (or you can use rescue mode, I think) and type lilo. Since he is removing an hd his partition assigns will change and therefore his current bootdisk will no longer work.