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Article #1060Re: Currant Bun
From: Trevor Best
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:00
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Richard Watson <rwatson@pwdltd.co.uk> wrote in message news:m2wvoy2lck.fsf@bluesharp.pwdltd.co.uk... > > > > I got fed up with typing "dos" to get to an OS that worked so I fdisk'd the > > master boot record and wiped lilo. Perhaps I'll try "expert" mode install > > next time. D'ya think it don't like something I have attached? > > Could be. Did you get to see any of the logs (/var/log/dmesg and > /var/log/messages I think on RH.) Might give you some clue. No OS to boot means no reading of those files I'm afraid. > Next time I would just use PM to change the size of your DOS > partition then use linux's fdisk (which I think is the "expert") > option. It's less user friendly than druid but if you've got > experience of using dos fdisk.exe then you should have no problems. > The usual disclaimers apply! We're getting a nre tape streamer in the office, I might be able to renovate the old one to work at home :-) > You could always use loadlin to boot from dos if you don't want to > mess up your mbr again. (until you get hooked on linux ;-) ) That's how I used to do it with SuSE, I'd try that one again but it's based around an older lib so all the sexy stuff like the latest netscape, staroffice and wp won't work on it unless I upgrade the libs, far too much trouble IMHO. When I get some time on my hands I may investigate further, things like yank out the Righteous 3D2 card and try booting into a bare bones system although if it turns out that I can't have voodoo graphics with it then it's all going into /bin.
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