Chris Posted April 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 It will rewrite with no input from you.With Linux installed you have LILO as the bootloader that fancy image you've posted.When you rewrite the MBR you delete LILO.Windows cannot recognise Linux so it will only rewrite it for Windows meaning you cannot boot into Linux.You can create a boot floppy for Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 How?ANd suposing i kill LILO and am then able to boot into windows...would reinstaling LILO bring back the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Kill LILIO, you get Windows back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilch Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 well i installed red hat...now i cant get into either as when i tried the fixmbr with my XP cd it went wrong... so do i have to re-install window's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Went wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Expand on..."Went wrong"?Any messages?Go back into the recovery console, but this time type:fixbootPress Y and enter.and the bootsector will be redone.Restart and see if she boots.If not go back to the recover console and type:bootcfg /rebuild[space after bootcfg]Now allow it to finish scanning...You should now see:[1]: C:\WINDOWSADD instalation to boot list: Press Y and enter.Enter Load Identifer: Type: Pilch and press enter.Enter OS Load Options: Type: /Fastdetect and press enter.Now restart...If it has worked then you will see two options to boot from when starting the computer.Choose "pilch"Now in XP go to Start, Control Panel, System, Settings [third], Click "EDIT", Delete the line:multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetectRename between the quotes,the line that has pilch in it to "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition".Exit and save.Reboot and that should do it.If the above does not work try a How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XPYou'll have to install SP1 any additional updates, but it will keep your own files intact.As both os's are not bootable then something went disastrously wrong :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 ok....i reinstalled linux.......had the same boot problem thingie with windows....tryed "fixmbr".....it was "apparently sucessful"When i rebooted i got "Error loading operating system"SO i had to formate everything AGAIN and start from scract with windows AGAINI am getting VERY VERY sick of this :angry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilch Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I think the problem that i had was to the fact that it deleted my windows Partition. What i may try again in a bit is to create a partition that i can format with linux and thus then try again.. although that wont be till monday as i am away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 ok....i reinstalled linux.......had the same boot problem thingie with windows....tryed "fixmbr".....it was "apparently sucessful"When i rebooted i got "Error loading operating system"SO i had to formate everything AGAIN and start from scract with windows AGAINI am getting VERY VERY sick of this :angry:If you have your backups...Format the entire drive Andy.Just Install Linux on it's own...see it it all works....You'll have to then delete linux and put back XP on it. Boot into windows...and STOP!Don't even install anything just make sure you can get into Windows.Now install Linux...Don't give up it's a learning curve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 is there any programmes that can slpit a 3 gb backup file into several cd-r? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I think the problem that i had was to the fact that it deleted my windows Partition. What i may try again in a bit is to create a partition that i can format with linux and thus then try again.. although that wont be till monday as i am away...Ah, yes that would be a problem.Umm...Do you remember what you did when it came to the partitoning and using redhat as well?If you start with a bare hard drive, install Windows but leave some "free space".When you go to partition from redhat choose the option: Keep all partitions and use exisitng free space.The image below is from fedora core 1 but the install is the same [give or take] as redhat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 is there any programmes that can slpit a 3 gb backup file into several cd-r?Just incase you missed that^Right soo..im going to redownload all the images...one at a timeIm going to burn them at a low speed....24x or somthing?Im going to use "partition commander" to formate my entire drive....Im goin to install linux.....See if it works...and also see if it installs off alll three disks rather than only needing one disk....Quote from me 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 YOu must have missed it :blush: so when ive got it working and preferably installing of all three disks...Then I reformate my entire drive once again and install Windows....If i can then go ahead and install linux on a 15 GB partition.....Then the moment of truth...reboot and try to boot into linux....if that works...which i think it might....then reboot and try windows....if it works GREAT :D but if it dosent and i get the flashing underslashI put in the XP cd and use the recovery consol and type "fixmbr"Then if this doesnt work as it didnt last night....Do i do this?Expand on..."Went wrong"?Any messages?Go back into the recovery console, but this time type:fixbootPress Y and enter.and the bootsector will be redone.Restart and see if she boots.If not go back to the recover console and type:bootcfg /rebuild[space after bootcfg]Now allow it to finish scanning...You should now see:[1]: C:\WINDOWSADD instalation to boot list: Press Y and enter.Enter Load Identifer: Type: Pilch and press enter.Enter OS Load Options: Type: /Fastdetect and press enter.Now restart...If it has worked then you will see two options to boot from when starting the computer.Choose "pilch"Now in XP go to Start, Control Panel, System, Settings [third], Click "EDIT", Delete the line:multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetectRename between the quotes,the line that has pilch in it to "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition".Exit and save.Reboot and that should do it.If the above does not work try a How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XPYou'll have to install SP1 any additional updates, but it will keep your own files intact. :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 It's sounds drastic - but yeah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 :sadwalk: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 5 minute job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 is there any programmes that can slpit a 3 gb backup file into several cd-r????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I don't know one.Bound to loads though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I'm doing a backup now (my files, to CDs) and i'll install linux in a bit :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 How long does installing linux actually take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 It took me about half an hour, depends on your specs I suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 fairly good spec: Athlon XP 2600+, 512MB DDR RAM etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 Well you have a better processor than me, although I have a touch more memory. It was Redhat 9 that I installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I've got Linux installed now, no problems. I configured the boot loader during setup to default windows after 10 seconds. I got online while I was in Linux as well, but not much time to do anything tonight, so I'll have another go tomorrow. :D :) B) :wohoo: :rockon: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 I've got Linux installed now, no problems. I configured the boot loader during setup to default windows after 10 seconds. I got online while I was in Linux as well, but not much time to do anything tonight, so I'll have another go tomorrow. :D :) B) :wohoo: :rockon:redhat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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