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Re: Mandrake Linux problems



On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 13:33, Colin Hutcheson wrote:
> After up grading the memory to 156 MBytes and adding an Iomega drive 
> in February 2002 Linux stopped working.  (Iomega was not supported under
> version 8.0)

Well, it's rather strange it made the system stop working just like
that.

> I then did something which I learned not do later. I deleted the
> partition thinking that would eliminate Linux. It did but not the dual
> boot menu which continued to be present. I have used the machine like
> this over the past nine months by just selecting Windows 98 from the
> menu.

What happened is that LILO, the LInux LOader was installed on the Master
Boot Record (MBR). To remove LILO, simply type "fdisk /mbr" from a DOS
shell.

> I recently tried upgrading to Mandrake 9 but found nothing happened
> when I tried installing it using a 3 CD set from the CD drive.

What do you mean? It did not boot the CDs? It installed itself, but you
cannot boot it?

> I used the Linux for Windows version. It just jammed on start up and
> all I get now is the first two letters of Linux and then the system
> hangs.

Linux for Windows? What's that?

About the two "LI" letters, it sounds more like the first letters of
"LILO" rather than "LINUX" (although LILO comes from LInux LOader ;). It
looks like a LILO problem, and you might consider re-installing it,
simply by typing "lilo" from a root shell in Linux.

Nicolas

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