electricmonk Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Hi all, I have decided to give Linux a try. I had a guy download Mandrake 10.1 DVD for me (The free one) I gave it a try at work and after a little confusion the work PC now has Linux and XP pro working as a duel boot setup perfectly apart from not working on the win modem. So then I say to myself, "Self. This would be ok to install at home" Which I did. The install went easily, no errors. I thought this is cool; I may have to buy a penguin sticker for the computer. Once the setup was complete I was asked to restart, after doing so the comp booted straight to Windows There was no hint of the bootloader. Both work and home computer have the same XP SP2 install (Cough) and I am using the same Linux DVD as well. I have tried for the last five hours to Google the problem but found nothing that matches. I am completly new to Linux, so new in fact that the first time I I saw it was yesterday when I installed at work. I know that when I have neede help with windows people wanted to know what hardware I had, so with that in mind I have included the list below. Forgive me if I put in too much, I just want to get this fixed so I can take a look at it while I am off work. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Well apart from being told to get rid of XP...at least till I can work with Linux confidently Operating System Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Processor 2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott) 16 kilobyte primary memory cache 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Main Circuit Board Board: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4C800-E Rev 1.xx Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 1019.004 10/26/2004 Memory Modules 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB (serial number SerNum0) Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty Slot 'DIMM2' has 512 MB Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty Drives PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-121 [CD-ROM drive] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive] ST360021A [Hard drive] (60.02 GB) -- drive 1 WDC WD800JD-00JNA0 [Hard drive] (80.02 GB) -- drive 0 (SATA) Containes Linux and XP on Partitions Controllers Standard floppy disk controller Intel® 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers Intel® 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers Primary IDE Channel [Controller] Primary IDE Channel [Controller] Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] Bus Adapters CMD USB0670 PCI to USB Open Host Controller Intel® 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D2 Intel® 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D4 Intel® 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24D7 Intel® 82801EB USB Universal Host Controller - 24DE Intel® 82801EB USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24DD Communications Generic 56K HCF Data Fax Modem 1394 Net Adapter Intel® PRO/1000 CT Network Connection RAS Async Adapter Virus Protection Norton AntiVirus Version 9.05 Virus Definitions Version 9/02/2005 Rev 32 Printers Canon S520 on LPT1: Display NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 [Display adapter] Azalea 17.7 [Monitor] (17.7"vis, July 2002) Multimedia DTV Audio Controller DTV Video Controller SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio Other Devices VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller USB Human Interface Device USB Human Interface Device CanoScan FB630U/FB636U HID Keyboard Device Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard HID-compliant mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse USB Composite Device USB Root Hub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 The boot loader should be installed to the Master Boot Record, mbr. The installer may have asked you something about where to put the boot loader, and you may have installed it in / instead of the mbr. Boot the cd, at the splash hit F1, type "rescue" at the prompt, and when you are presented with the rescue menu, reinstall lilo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmonk Posted February 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Thanks for the quick reply, I think it may have asked to be put on \hdd but not sure. I will try what you said and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmonk Posted February 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Ok tried what you said, it said it installed to \mbr I then restarted at the prompt.....and went back to windows :( I still blame the operator, good tools work well in capable hands lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Make sure you are installing lilo to the mbr that also contains windows. The /mbr is not the boot area. I believe you said windows and linux are on the same drive. If it is an ide drive, then it will be hda, hdb, hdc, or hdd. If it is the sata drive, it might be sd0, sd1, or such. Use the right device. Look at your bios screen and tell me what it says, usually the first screen. I'm looking for where the bios says your devices are located. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmonk Posted February 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 Thanks, I have the operating systems on the SATA drive. Therefore hdd is incorect and it should be sd0. I will give that a try and also take a look at the BIOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricmonk Posted February 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 Thanks very much. I was able to work things out after you mentioned the hard drive labeling. I can now get the boot loader working fine. Now all I have to to is figure out how things work and how to use them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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