booting XP/Linux help needed

[GoHAnSoN]

hd1 = windows
hd2 = linux

my system seems to boot from hd2, which i dont want it to.
i disdonnect hd2 and hd1 will not boot.

how to make hd1 run the bootloader instead of hd2 ?

here is my boot.ini of Xp.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux Mandrake"

 

[Heisenberg]

Try booting from a DOS boot disk and doing "fdisk /mbr" on hd1. That should rebuild the master boot record on hd1.

 

[drag]

Do you have the correct hd selected in you bios? In my bios I can select what device I would like to boot off of, like the floppy disk or the cdrom or the 1st harddrive or the 2nd one.

 

[GoHAnSoN]

biois can only select ata100

 

[GoHAnSoN]

erm...how to create a boot floppy on xp ?

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: GoHAnSoN
erm...how to create a boot floppy on xp ?

Right-click on floppy drive > select format > check the "Create an ms-dos startup disk" box.

 

[oniq]

Originally posted by: GoHAnSoN
erm...how to create a boot floppy on xp ?

http://www.bootdisk.com/

 

[cleverhandle]

Where did you install LILO/GRUB to when you installed Mandrake? It looks like maybe you put it on the MBR of "HD1", which would mean that it would get terribly confused when it tried to reference "HD2" after it was removed. If that's the case, then fdisk /mbr, as suggested, should work. But if you know where you installed the bootloader, that would be useful information.

 

[Sushi]

what version of Mandrake are you using? I have 9.0 and it has a graphical boot selection screen that allows you to select which OS to boot. You can download the iso files for it at www.mandrake.com

 

[adlep]

lilo never worked for me..
I always use Grub... (for the future)

 

[GoHAnSoN]

i got no problem, booting.
i just wanna start the bootloader from my hd1.

but now i think i just screwed up linux .....cannt boot up now...

 

[GoHAnSoN]

now when i entered linux, it pops up, "enter runlevel : "
it cannt boot.....

what should i do now ??

 

[majewski9]

Id make Linux Default and you'll be able to automatically selct if you want to boot into XP or linux.