🚀 go-pugleaf

use a dos boot disk and type the command: fdisk /mbr.  This will clean out
the RH 6.0 LILO remnants and leave you free to install Mandrake.  Look into
using loadlin as it is more forgiving for new users (loadlin can be used to
boot regardless of where Linux resides).
Josh <lew0352r@westminster.org.uk> wrote in message
news:7r8pv8$vpq$1@panther.rmplc.co.uk...
>     I have run into problems when trying to install RedHat 6.0 and
Mandrake
> 5.3. First I tried to install RH 6 but couldn't get the system to work,
the
> installer crashing when trying to install LILO to the MBR. Eventually I
gave
> up and went for Mandrake but cannot install LILO to MBR. I tried first
disk
> sector (I think) but now whenever the system boots, it hangs with what
> appears to be a partially destroyed version of the RH 6 LILO installation.
I
> have no way of preformatting the hard drive from BIOS. Does anyobne have
any
> suggestions?
>  It's kind of important that I get it running so that I can show my school
> how good linux actually is.
> Thanks, Josh.
> lew0352r@westminster.org.uk
>
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