Installing Fedora over Mandriva

Ariod · 09-25-2005, 03:41 PM

Hello,

I installed Fedora over Mandriva (but repartitioning the Linux partitions in the Fedora installation program), rebooted, and I still have the LILO bootloader. Selecting Linux in the options list just gives me the default Mandriva booting screen. By the way, in the installation program, I chose to install the bootloader in the MBR sector, but it didn't appear to do it. What to do now?

harrygraham · 09-25-2005, 07:19 PM

I find that to avoid this problem you should erase, (or more correctly, rewrite) the MBR before installing. To do this you can use a Windows boot disk. If you don't have windows, fear not! You can download the boot disks from http://www.bootdisk.com/. Not sure what boot disk will work with your computer, but maybe start with a Win98 disk and use A:\>fdisk /mbr to rewrite the mbr. After doing this, you should be able to reboot with the Linux installation CD and restore the grub bootloader.

Hope this helps,

Harry

Ariod · 09-26-2005, 11:59 AM

Thanks a lot mate, that worked!