[Nottingham] SuSE 8.2 install problems

[Derek Huskisson]

On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 22:11, Martin Clough wrote:

> I think this is what I need to do.  However, bill (or sony) did not let me
> have a boot
> disk, just some crappy recovery CDs.  Sony support say that I have no option
> but
> to recover the whole system from these CDs!
> 
> I'm tempted, therefore, to try to install LILO or GRUB onto the hard disk,
> with
> windows as the default (for the other family members, you understand!).
> 
> Martin Clough
> 

You can probably still use the restore MBR method from your Sony
recovery CDs. I don't think they change the MS supplied discs all that
much. One of them is probably just a standard MS XP CD, but 'tied' to a
Sony BIOS to help prevent piracy so MS can pay a dividend again next
year !!

Don't forget you can install a LILO or Grub boot onto a floppy disk, so
you  can practice that way. 
		HTH 
			Derek Huskisson

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Derek Huskisson <derek@huskisson.free-online.co.uk>