Install Win ME after Mandrake 7.2 was installed.

[godspaz]

Here's the problem:

I was installing linux and tried to resize the ME partition size and it fubared my HD. I then decided to continue with my install on the first 40% of the HD and formatted the rest as FAT32.

Install went easier then I've ever had it. The problem arises since every time I install windows it messes up grub. I can then only use windoze. I've tried creating a boot disk to boot from, but it keeps looking in /dev/fd0. I have a LS-120 as the Slave on the Primary IDE chain.

I've used linux before and am comfortable with it, however I'm still a newbie. If someone else has any information that would be of help, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanxz!

[Tyr-7BE]

Will your boot disk get you into linux? If it will, try typing "grub" or "GRUB" at the command prompt and see if that does anything. I don't have much experience with grub, but I know that with LILO you just run the executable and it will write the table in lilo.conf to your mbr.
Windows is kind of a jerk that way. Takes whatever's in the MBR and gives it the boot. Hope this helps any. If you can't get into linux....<shrug>...you've got quite the puzzle to work at :)

[godspaz]

I haven't got the boot disk made since the program that does it won't recognize my LS-120. I can't even format them using the format utility

[bdg1983]

Since you've just reinstalled both, why not start again and install WinME first? That way Linux will be installed last and will install Grub properly to use to boot either systems.

Searching for grub here (http://support.calderasystems.com/caldera) will give you lots of documentation on the subject.

[SubPar]

You can make a boot disk the old-fashioned way by running:

dd if=/boot/<kernel filename> of=<your LS120 device> bs=8192

So mine is:

dd if=/boot/bzImage of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192

That'll create a disk that will boot you straight into Linux just like selecting Linux in your Grub menu. Then you can use it to boot to Linux and restore Grub after the Windows install.

[micxz]

I'm running windows me and SuSE linux 7.0. I had many problems with boot sectors and other trying to install windows last. The copy of windows me created two partitions one (C :) for windows and (d :) which was totally empty, just FAT32 space. I then installed Suse 7 and am using a windows program called bootmagic to select from the two operating systems at start-up. Basically I'm suggesting you install windows first then linux.

[ 24 March 2001: Message edited by: micxz ]