Andy-2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 oo Its getting exciting.....96% 97% and 98% :D :D :D :DP.s can i burn these using alcohol 120%? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 Errrr Linux?I owe you an apology Powerless :blush: SorryMe and my big mouth :oops: My reply was to Andy so apology excepted :PBut I understand you not wanting to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 Help. I can't even download, all sites are busy or error 404 pages. :angry:All of 'em?Are you sure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 oo Its getting exciting.....96% 97% and 98% :DÂ :DÂ :DÂ :DP.s can i burn these using alcohol 120%?If i can burn ISO images then yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 It wont boot off the CDI used ISO recorder to burn em...tryed my CD drive and my DVD drive..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Only the first CD is bootable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 I finished downloading the last one about ten o'clock last night, I'll burn them later today when I've got some CD-Rs :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Only the first CD is bootable.you sure powerless?Error scenario: Unable to boot from CD1. Why: Unknown; this only seems to happen with some CD-ROM drives Solution: Boot from CD2 instead.from http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blink_182_fan Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Andy-2004 is having a problem.He can boot into linux but not windows and when he tries to boot into windows he sees a flashing underscore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Andy-2004 is having a problem.He can boot into linux but not windows and when he tries to boot into windows he sees a flashing underscore.Has he got a Windows 98 Boot disk?www.bootdisk.comTell him to boot from this disk and at the prompt type:Fdisk /mbrPress enter.There is a space after fdisk.This should put him back to what he had originally, and he can boot into Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilch Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 where is this guide then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blink_182_fan Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 apparently the drivers for his bt bb modem only work on mac and windows and i wont be able to get the boot disk to him until tomorrow. But is there any way for him to get online with linux using his bt broadband modem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 where is this guide then?Three parts.The first of which can be found here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 apparently the drivers for his bt bb modem only work on mac and windows and i wont be able to get the boot disk to him until tomorrow. But is there any way for him to get online with linux using his bt broadband modemNo for modem.If he has a Full XP disk tell him to boot from and choose R for the Recovery console.Follow the instructions.Then type:fixmbrPress enter.This is the XP way of fdisk /mbr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blink_182_fan Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 oh ok ill tell him that now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 hmmm modem? http://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=9380 expertec post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 apparently the drivers for his bt bb modem only work on mac and windows and i wont be able to get the boot disk to him until tomorrow. But is there any way for him to get online with linux using his bt broadband modemNo for modem.If he has a Full XP disk tell him to boot from and choose R for the Recovery console.Follow the instructions.Then type:fixmbrPress enter.This is the XP way of fdisk /mbr. well i wasnt quite told thi sin time and reformatted everything except my backup partitiona and my pictures partition....So as it stands i have 50Gb of what is now called local disk G: (dono why)7 gigs of picture storage15 for backupsANd 15 free space....Before i came here i downloaded the windows xp critical updates.....but thats all im doin....im gona give linux another shot :P Then type:fixmbrPress enter.How sure are you that if i get the same problem this WILL fix it?What is it doing....y will it help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Another point....when i was installing linux....when it asked me to chanhe to CD2 and the drawer poped out when i put cd2 in and closed the drawer it just poped out again and asked for CD2 again.....over and over againSo eventualy i just hit cancel like you said to do if it asked for a cd you didnt have....same with CD 3 :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 QUOTEÂ Then type:fixmbrPress enter. How sure are you that if i get the same problem this WILL fix it?Andy see my thread here..... I had a problem when I first installed Linux and I did exactly what Powerless suggested and was able to boot into windows again!http://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=9320 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 in the end and rewrite my Master boot recordWill i have to do anything technical like this?Or will it just be a matter of typing that and then thats it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Only the first CD is bootable.you sure powerless?Error scenario: Unable to boot from CD1. Why: Unknown; this only seems to happen with some CD-ROM drives Solution: Boot from CD2 instead.from http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3 I had to boot off CD2 :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 It sounds technical but it isn't.... typing what Powerless said will re-write your masterboot record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 It sounds technical but it isn't.... typing what Powerless said will re-write your masterboot recordAutomaticly?And if it is...after i do that will it be a matter of reboot and then see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 You don't want to do that unless you find you can't get into windows..... It is a drastic step!!! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Im just preparing in case it happens again........Is the fact that i may as well not have CD 2 and 3 a major problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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