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Booting into Linux (Mandrake)

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Hubris

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I can install Mandrake 8.1 just fine, but using the graphical install type, where it lists all the steps on the left side, when I get down to making a boot Disk, it just whips right past it and doesn't make one. So then it moves to loading the Bootloader (GRUB/Lilo), and setup completes correctly. But when I reboot, I'm automatically shoved back into XP.

I've done searches here on Anand, but most of the stuff tells me how to do it using Lilo, which I can't access since I can't get into Linux at all.

If I put the Mandrake CD into the drive in Windows and make a boot disk, it only allows me to boot to the install program, and not into Mandrake itself.

This is kind of sprawling, but any help would be appreciated.
 
So the problem is that you didn't install Lilo on MBR and you didn't do the boot disk. Your options:

1. The easiest way is to reinstall mandrake and make sure you follow dual boot instructions or type dual boot linux in google.

OR
2.
a) Make Boot into Linux from mandrake install CDROM.
b) edit lilo.conf. There is a line that starts installation. Comment it.
c) Now you can boot. What you should to is get boot loader from one of the partitions and put it on floppy

dd if=/dev/hda? of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1

where ? stands for partion you installed lilo on.

d) then copy /bootsect.lnx to c:\ (if you have Fat you can do that directly to /mnt/windows or copy to floppy, reboot to win2k and get from a:\) edit C:\BOOT.INI


 
Well, I wanted to do the boot disk, it just didn't let me. 😀

Great, so I'm gonna have to format my hard drive and reconfigure so that Linux is in the first 1024 cylinders. /me cries

Ah well, I've formatted enough that it shouldn't be TOO bad.

Thanks for the help, mate.
 


<< Well, I wanted to do the boot disk, it just didn't let me. 😀

Great, so I'm gonna have to format my hard drive and reconfigure so that Linux is in the first 1024 cylinders. /me cries

Ah well, I've formatted enough that it shouldn't be TOO bad.

Thanks for the help, mate. >>



Madrake 8.1 does NOT need to be on first 1024 cylinders, unless you have old bios.
 
IT GETS EVEN EASIER!!!!

GO to www.winimage.com -> BootPart.

From within XP (and running as Administrator), BootPart will find and can add any bootable partition to the XP loader menu (which you won't see until you have something else other than XP loaded anyway 🙂).

-SUO
 
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