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in order to fix the problem in your mbr you type the following: fdisk \mbr
i'll tell you what happened to me whwn i did that.i wanted to install mandrake 9.0 but first i had to format the disk and erase the linux version i had before(mandrake 8.2).i booted with windows 98 setup disk in order to have clear dos(i learn it that way).then i tried to format the disk.that was it!i erased primary dos appartment by mistake when i was in fdisk.this is a very common mistake that many people tend to do.it's very easy to happen.so i had to reinstall my basic os which was windows xp.
the correct way to do this is to format the disk you have installed linux and then uninstall lilo from the mbr by using the command i gave you before.
when you are installing linux you do that step by step.so when you come to that,just install lilo on a floppy.since then, you make your machine to boot from fdd drive and that's it!
now if you have already installed linux and you do have lilo in your mbr you can change that from your linux system managment.you just have to make a copy of lilo on a disk and uninstall lilo from your mbr.it's very easy to do that especilly when you use an x windows system.
i hope i made myself clear.
happy new year to every ao's member!
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so how can Iget lilo?
am I gonna get it when Iam installing linux??
or is there other sources?
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When you install Linux it usually asks about lilo, specially in red hat and mandrake itll usually ask you about your master boot record, your gunna wanna install lilo so you can boot both unless you already have a boot prog like system commander or boot magic.
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My advice is to make a boot disk for your linux partition when you are playing with mbr and stuff.
if you don't know how to (for example in RedHat):
go to the shell prompt
and type
su -
Password: your rootpassword
now go to the directory with modules
cd /lib/modules
type ls to list the contents of the directory
ls
you need to find the kernel version of your system it will say something like 2.4.x-yy
or 2.2.x-yy that's the kernelnumber
now you can copy a kernel to the floppy, type
mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 kernelnumber
done, this way you have a bootdisk for your redhat partition.
The easiest way to install redhat to your existing system is: move the contents of one partition to another one, making an empty partition. Now use Fdisk to remove that empty partition. Whe you install RedHat Linux it will ask you what kind of install, custom, server or workstation, or desktop. When you choose desktop, only non-dos ( e.g. linux/unix) partitions will be lost, the other ones will remain intact. RedHat installs to the free unpartitioned space on your disk. With recent RedHat, you can choose either LILO or GRUB. It will recognize your windows environment and add it to the lilo menu.
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yes.you are going to have lilo during the installation and you will be asked where to install it.so do that on a floppy disk.i suggest you should try mandrake 9.0 for the beginning.it is very user's friendly.
happy new year
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thank u man
and
HapPy nEw YeAr
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A little but !important! note: you better use an easy password for root when installing (if the box is offline) and then after the first login (when all settings are correct) replace the password with a strong one. I noticed that many Linux distro's (like redhat) use another keyboard layout during the install program. They do not use the one you choose consistently during the install. This makes that you cannot give your password when asked at first login. US users don't have this prob, cause mostly the default keymap is US but international users may come accros this prob. One advice if you don't want to go into single user and reset your own password, use a simple password without freaky symbols first time you install. You can change it afterwards as many as you like.
MAKE SURE you CHANGE it (immediatly) afterwards, otherwise your fresh nix box becomes almost as vulnerable as any m$ win9x ;)
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thank u man
my greetings to u all
