Hello everybody,

I know this is repeated million times. I thought it would be an easy task, i know it is once i am in the right direction.

I have installed linux mandrake 10.1 on a HDD and WinXP on another HDD. where the WinXP HDD is set to master and the Linux is the slave. " what a shame!"

anyways, I would be grateful if someone could give me link to a thread in this website, i know there is one out there, that has everything listed in it.

i searched a lot but couldn't find one or maybe i just didn't understand it.

i don't know what is Lilo and whether i am using it or not!

thanks in Advance.

Ahmed.

Two questions:

1. Did you install Lilo to the MBR or not when you install Mandrake?
2. What's happening now when you boot up?

thanks aysiu for the quick reply,

1) I don't know what is Lilo or what it does! and i don't know if i installed it or not. is there anyway i can check if i did? where can i find it?

2) when i boot up it takes me directly to WinXP. no menus or anything else.

Ahmed

If you installed Linux first and then XP, you have trouble because XP probably wiped out the bootloader (either GRUB or LiLo). Always install windows first. You will have to re-install Lilo or Grub, to get it working. Search this forum on how to install Lilo or grub and also how to edit it. Also search www.google.com .

i am sorry, i sould have made this clear.

I had Win Xp installed long time ago, few days ago i bought a new HDD and disconnected the HDD that contains WinXP then installed Mandrake on the new HDD.

i'll go ahead and look for Lilo,

by the way what is better ? Lilo or GRUB?

i am sorry, i sould have made this clear.

I had Win Xp installed long time ago, few days ago i bought a new HDD and disconnected the HDD that contains WinXP then installed Mandrake on the new HDD.

i'll go ahead and look for Lilo,

by the way what is better ? Lilo or GRUB?

Lilo is probably on the second hard drive. Try searching for "move boot loader" or "move lilo" or "reinstall lilo".

I have lilo installed on my system. When I do "dir /etc" I see no reference to grub. What do you see?