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Article #2588Re: Please Help! Can't get Caldera OL2.2 to boot!
From: Andy Thomas
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:00
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Did you install the Partition Magic program before you installed Linux? This is critical for a dual boot system when Win 98 is to be used for the alternate operating system. The computer then boots up to the Partition magic program and it controls which OS takes over. Hope this helps. Andy In article <rs6btbj6dmc59@corp.supernews.com>, wsblack@tyler.net says... > >Hi, >I have installed Caldera Linux 2.2 at least 30-40 some odd times now from a >CD I purchased from linuxmall, and everything seems to work okay at first. >After the initial installation, Caldera loads just fine and goes to the KDE >desktop. However when I logout and reboot my system it won't boot back up >into Linux. My system has 2 separate hard drives, a primary master running >windows98 and the secondary I was going to use for installing and running >Linux for a dual boot. The only way so far that I can use Caldera each time >is to install it eachand every time from the installation disk and CD. Once >I restart my system however, just like clockwork, it boots back up into >Windows98, and I just can't figure out how to boot back into Linux to save >my life. I've tried copying loadlin.exe and linux.bat over to my primary C: >drive and executing in hopes of booting into linux. I have looked through >books, gone to numerous Linux sites, along with Caldera's site, searching >for a solution but can't find anything related to my problem. I've even >tried removing my hard drive with windows98, installing Caldera on my second >drive, which I made primary, but each time I install , then reboot, instead >of starting up in Caldera Linux, I get just a flashing cursor. I was under >the impression that Lilo was automatically installed along with Caldera >Linux & should appear on the display giving you and option to choose between >OS's to load, but no such luck with me. I have read everything I can get my >hands on, tried all the function, shift Ctrl keys, thinking maybe it would >bring up some kind of boot manager like Lilo. I noticed the CD didn't >include Partition & Boot Magic, but didn't think that should present any >problem. I was just wondering if anyone else had ever experienced this >problem before. If so, could anybody out there please, please help me. It is >really getting frustrating having to reinstall each time in order to use >Caldera for just one session. Any possible help with this confusing problem >I'm having would be most very greatly appreciated. >Many thanks in advance, Wiley Black >wsblack@tyler.net > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11033e,4437ae8594938026 X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public From: athomas@ns.sympatico.ca (Andy Thomas) Subject: Re: Please Help! Can't get Caldera OL2.2 to boot! Date: 1999/11/11 Message-ID: <nTrW3.233$rC.12426@sapphire.mtt.net> X-Deja-AN: 547198411 References: <rs6btbj6dmc59@corp.supernews.com> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Complaints-To: abuse@mpoweredpc.net X-Trace: sapphire.mtt.net 942295635 142.177.193.122 (Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:47:15 AST) Organization: MPowered-Subscriber MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:47:15 AST Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux