oops!!!!
I did a stupid thing being a newbie and all... I installed linux and it crashed halfway through the install. I am now stuck with some GRUB command line when I start up. I want to go back to windows but I cannot get it going after installing it at least ten times over. please please help... I tried to install a free linux mandrake from the pc plus mag. reply quick please.
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Which Windows? 98? ME? 2K?
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If you're on Win9x/ME then boot from a boot disk and run
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fdisk /mbr cheers Jamie... |
what do you know, another crash install from some free disk with linux on it out of a magazine. they should ban those, as they seem to always cause problems.
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Jamie... |
Yea, if i were u i would either buy a set of cd's (if you have a slow connection) or download a set from mandrake or somebody. (Mandrake's pretty easy to install)
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result of /mbr
if we type in fdisk /mbr we can overwrite the grub, ok. But how do we ENSURE a perfect dual boot of windows[any version] and RH 7.1 linux ??
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Re: result of /mbr
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redhat has never given me any problems with 95/98 but 2000 takes a little more configruation. never installed ME, and i don't think i am going to ever. |
trickykid,
for all of us newbies who've overwritten their windows; but a re willing to restart/reinstall all over again. what steps should we take. Would appreciate the help. |
It's pretty hard to 'overwrite' Windows unless you explicitly tell your install to do so. The most common ocurrance is overwriting the MBR which looks bad but is easily recoverable.
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Ok,
If I go to fdisk and /mbr it, I'll see my windows2000 again, and my data. But once that's done, how will I boot linux ? |
you can boot with a floppy or you can reconfigure either with using the windows boot loader or using lilo again.
best resource to start with is the lilo howto's at www.linuxdoc.org |
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Thank You
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