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Something you might want to try, Mal...
install LiLo on the MBR and set your boot manager (at install time)
partition as one of the options from Lilo.
Lilo seems (in my limited experience ) happier to be the primary boot
manager, and it kicks off my other bootmenu system ok.

Of course, a backup of your boot mgr partition might be a good idea
first....

hope this helps.

Dave
reddwarf@octa4.net.au


Mal Thomas wrote in message <77k782$msm$1@news.iinet.net.au>...
>Howdy,
>I have a 1.2gb drive partitioned into two primary partitions:
>
>1)  Windows 95    700 mb
>2)  Windows 95+Office 2000  300mb.
>3) Bootmanager (via Partition Magic V3) 2mb
>
>The rest was unformatted free space. 198mb
>
>I installed Redhat 5.0  with no problems, all stages complete ok, no
>installation checks.  The install process created the Linux native
partition
>with 160mb and the swap with 32mb. These were created inside the 198mb
>freespace on the drive. So far so good.
>
>When asked by the install process whether to install LILO in the MBR or in
>the BootManager partition I replied Bootmanager - thinking that I could get
>at the Linux partition thru it.
>
>After the install completed I rebooted into DOS on the Win95 partition so
>that I could add the Linux partition to the Bootmanager menu using
Partition
>Magic V3.
>
>What has happened is that the Linux Native and Swap partitions have been
>created in what used to be the freespace on the HD but they are flagged as
>being part of a DOS extended partition.  PartitionMagic has flagged this
>partition as 'bootable'.
>
>Although I can add this Linux partition to the Bootmanager menu the Linux
>entry does not show up on the Bootmanager menu when the machine is
rebooted.
>Also if I make the Linux partition the active partition and reboot a
message
>is displayed saying 'Can't locate Linux system'.
>
>What have I done wrong ??    I deleted the Linux partition and repeated
>whole process with same results.  The book I bought doesn't have a lot of
>info so I'd appreciate some help.
>
>Cheers
>Mal.
>
>Willetton.
>
>
>