tapksa

Hi again everyone, First of all, sorry for the double post. I didn't feel like making a new thread so I decided to bring this one up instead. Pretty much the same thing again. I needed WinXP so decided to install it. However the empty partition I was planning to install Windows to wasn't the right type, so the installation failed. I did delete the formatted partition and create a new one, no use. I had planned to reinstall the boot loader from my Mandriva One Live CD like the last time (read the previous posts if you need the information) after the XP installation, but this time I lost the boot loader without really installing any OS. So here I am again, using the Live CD to ask for help. The problem: After the Windows installation had failed, I restarted the computer. As you can guess, no boot loader, at least not one for me to use. No booting Mandriva. As I started the computer I got the error message "Error finding OS" or something like that. Obviously a boot loader problem(?). Well, tried reinstalling the boot loader using the Live CD like last time. When I go to "Set up how your computer boots" it says "No bootloader found, creating a new configuration". Tried installing it once, same error. Tried installing the bootloader to boot /dev/hda1 (my mandriva partition with all my stuff on it) instead of /dev/hda. Nothing. And what surprised me was that I got the "no bootloader found" -message again. A friend of mine suggested to: a) try accessing my Home folder by mounting my /hda1/ -partition (~70GB of stuff) and moving the most important stuff to the other (WIndows) partition, which is 15GB, then formatting hda1 and starting all over again I am not very willing to do this. I guess it's quite obvious why. B) installing Mandriva One (or some another distribution) to the smaller partition and wishing the boot loader would work then c) getting an external hard drive, mounting /hda1/ and moving stuff there (if this is possible, I could do this. It's just a bit too slow for me...) I believe there is an easier way to get my bootloader working. I just don't know what it is. I think I should not do anything before someone a bit wiser tells me what might harm my computer and what may help me. And, to be honest, I'm in quite a rush. I need to get to my files. So if someone knows what to do, please help. I hate to be rude, but please be as fast as you can. -Tapksa

All that I could find and install. :P

err... How should I put this... I just randomly installed some nvidia stuff from the package control. And well, I was going to take a screenshot of the "system doesn't support 3d desktop" thingy, and well. I could now switch the cube workspace back on. And it's working perfectly. But thank you all anyway!

The file was .run, I'm pretty sure about it. glxinfo | grep rendering -> direct rendering: Yes So, what to do?

Hi everyone, I've got a few problems here. Okay this is where I am and how I ended up here: I had some problems with the EPSXE PlayStation emulator. I thought they could be due to bad video drivers. My graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. This wasn't the first time the card didn't work correctly. Anyway, I went to nvidia.com to download new drivers (OS: Mandriva One 2007 Spring). I started installing them. Well it looked like I'd have to exit the X Server, and I did. I started installing the drivers. Well, there seemed to be several different problems, and the installation failed. I thought that well, no EPSXE for me then and returned to the X Server. I guess I didn't start the kind of session I wanted since I only had one "desktop" (I don't use multiple dekstops but I had used the cube desktop, and now lost it). There were other problems as well, for instance not being able write in any text fields. Then, with a little help I managed to enter the right session. Well, you can guess from the title, I had lost my 3D desktop. I mean, I now do have the 4 "sides" of the "cube" (no actual cube so no actual sides) but no 3d effects. Well, it's not too important, but I'd like to have it back. The problems seems to be that "my system doesn't support 3d desktop" or something. I find it weird because a few hours ago it seemed to support the 3d desktop quite well. I'd appreciate some help. If you don't understand something or there's something I forgot to mention, please ask. Oh yeah and I'm somewhat a noob, forgive me. :) -Tapksa P.S If this is in the wrong section, I apogolize, I thought this would be the right one.

No, sorry for making it so difficult. I meant that I can enter the installation - actually, the first post was posted using it. And about your help, thanks, I'll try those tricks as soon as I get home. EDIT I followed Arctic's instructions carefully and everything works now. Thank you (all) a million times!

Okay so first of all, hi, I'm new here. So I got a new PC with a 120GB HDD (former was 18GB) and decided to try Mandriva Linux, but wanted to still keep Windows, just in case. So dual boot it was and so I installed Mandriva Linux One 2007 Spring and moved all my stuff on that partition. And then to the other OS. Well, I had problems with installing Windows XP Pro and therefore tried XP Home, and it worked fine. At this point most of you reading must be thinking "idiot". 'Cause, later on, after noticing that accessing Linux now seemed impossible, I heard that I should have installed the OS's in the other order. And now I should do something like "reinstalling boot loader". I'm not that new with computers, but that really tells me nothing. I think I have three options: 1) Doing the boot loader thing, no idea how (if possible and solves my problem, guiding would be appreciated) 2) Deleting Windows, then somehow accessing my stuff, moving it somewhere, deleting Linux, installing Windows, installing Linux, moving my stuff back. note: I've heard it's somehow possible to make three partitions so that one partition would have my personal stuff there and I could then access those files from either OS. However I don't really need this, I just need Windows for some things (a few programs that don't run on Linux even with WINE). 3) Somehow accessing my stuff from Windows (If this is the only/best way, what program do I need?), moving it somewhere else and then starting everything all over again. I'm sorry if you already have a similar thread - I tried to find one, but there didn't seem to be anything that would help. And after trying to solve this problem for 3-4 hours and asking help in various places, I'm actually quite frustrated and tired. If such thread exists, link please!