Linux boot disk

Linux_newbie23 · 08-26-2004, 01:23 PM

Hi,

Firstly a big thanks to the guy who helped me out the other day. I installed Mandrake 10, but couldnt see the point at which to create a boot disk.

So here I am back in good old Windows with no way to get into Linux. Is there any boot disks for LInux I can download from within Windows, or is there a Windows disk that will let me choose my OS?

Thanks

Antony
P.S I also tried in BIOS but couldnt see it there without getting worried as I am no BIOS expert

jailbait · 08-26-2004, 03:59 PM

"So here I am back in good old Windows with no way to get into Linux. Is there any boot disks for LInux I can download from within Windows, or is there a Windows disk that will let me choose my OS?"

The first three posts in this thread explain how to get into Linux when you don't have a bootloader installed. The remaining posts in the thread are astroturf.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=198641

Once you get into Linux you can install grub as a bootloader. Here is a manual on grub.

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html

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Steve Stites