[Nelug] Linux Newbie

[Craig Bates]

Doh,

Andrew is right, I got confused when looking at the
other post about Windows 98 which is why I went on
about FDISK and the like.

Let us know how you get on.

Craig.

 --- Andrew Hatch <andrew.hatch at bluespace.com> wrote: 
> Have you made sure that your XP disk is the first
> device to boot?  This is a BIOS setting.  What might
> have happened is that your 2nd disk is actually
> first in the boot list, but hasn't had a bootloader,
> so BIOS has happily used the XP bootloader.  Now
> that the 2nd (linux) disk has a bootloader, it might
> be using that as default?
> 
> A route I might take to get things working:
> 
> 1. Ensure boot order is correct, i.e. Disk 1 then
> Disk 2
> 2. Boot from XP cd and re-install MBR (I've only
> done this with Win2k - just boot from CD, select
> recovery console in the menu system, then 'login',
> then use the 'mbr' command).
> 3. Ensure XP now boots (i.e. to Disk1) without
> problem.
> 4. Begin Linux installation, ensure both Disk1 and
> Disk2 have the 'bootable' flag set.
> 5. Install bootloader to MBR of disk 1 (i.e. the
> first bootable drive)
> 5. Make sure that Grub adds both XP and linux disks
> to boot menu.  This automagically happens when I
> install Debian.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> A
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nelug-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:nelug-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf
> Of A E Pear
> Sent: 02 November 2004 20:07
> To: North East Linux User Group mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Nelug] Linux Newbie
> 
> 
> Hi Chris
> I have been running SUSE on a dual boot with
> Win98SE.  Afraid I can not
> comment on XP. I have Windows on one drive and Linux
> on a second drive.  I
> select which OS I boot into by selecting the drive
> boot order in the BIOS
> and forgetting about any boot loader in Linux. 
> Works OK but Windows does
> not see the Linux disc and vice verca.
> 
> Alan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <c.w.hanning at durham.ac.uk>
> To: <nelug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 8:28 PM
> Subject: [Nelug] Linux Newbie
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> Variosu people have recomened linux to me over the
> past year or so and I
> finally decided to take the plunge. I'm a complete
> programming/linux/unix
> newbie who's decided to break out of the Micro$oft
> bubble. Having said that,
> I still want to have Windows on my PC since I have
> various things that only
> run under windows (various scientific thingys, I'm a
> chemistry student here
> in Durham). Now my problem, I've installed SuSE
> personal edition 9.1 on my
> 2nd hard drive, but now I can't boot Windows XP from
> my first hard drive, I
> just get a message saying "missing operating
> system". I've tried
> reinstallign XP from CD but with no luck, so at the
> moment I can only get
> SuSE to run. Does anyone have any idiot-proof
> suggestions of how to get
> windows working again?
> 
> Cheers in advance folks,
> Chris Hanning
> 
> PS Hopefully I'll be at your next meeting in
> November.
> 
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