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Location: Playing Frisbe with an XP cd with my wall.
Distribution: Red Hat 8.0, Slackware 9.0
Posts: 73
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Maybe the newbie is smoking crack...
Lastnight I installed Slackware 9.0 installation is great! I can boot from a floppy! lol.
I've searched Linuxquestions.org, tried all the trouble shooting tips and tricks yada yada yada....The only thing that I haven't tried is moving the install to the front sectors of my 80gb hd (dual booting with HeX-P). I was reading something on how Lilo should be in the front sectors of the HD errr something like that. When I reboot it just goes right to HeX-P. I'll give all the info that you guys need after I get home from work.
Worse comes to worse I'll just try the Slackware on the front of the HD. Any suggestions?
I don't mean to nag, but it's not nice to bump up your thread like that. Furthermore, if you want your questions answered in a serious way, it would help if you asked them in a serious way.
As for the lilo problem, you might try doing a 'fdisk /mbr' from a Win 98 bootdisk and then try re-installing lilo to the MBR.
Location: Playing Frisbe with an XP cd with my wall.
Distribution: Red Hat 8.0, Slackware 9.0
Posts: 73
Original Poster
Rep:
Tried that, it didn't work.
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Well, if anyone was interested I got it to work. I don't know why, don't know how, but I reformatted my HD created my partitions, then installed Slackware on the first partition(s), and Lilo worked.
And it's hard to be serious if you have been working on something like this all thru the night with no resolve. Lighten up, it's call something to laugh about. Sorry about "bumping up" my thread it's not like anyone had anything to say anyway.
Off the topic: do you have high-blood pressure or something?[/edit]
I did not mean to offend you, it's just that this document has become my bible. And no, it's not high blood pressure, but contrary to what i said in my post I, deep down inside I just like nagging
Location: Playing Frisbe with an XP cd with my wall.
Distribution: Red Hat 8.0, Slackware 9.0
Posts: 73
Original Poster
Rep:
Explains alot. Don't worry, I love to nag as well. Thanks for the link, I'm sure I'll find it usefull while I'm bored surfing the net at work. But, I'm sure you understand my frustrations .
I'm sure I'll be kicking my teeth in on something else, and I'll be sure to not let my frustrations get in the way of Thread titles .
g00$e: thanks for the link I'm sure it will come in handy.
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