Re: installation disaster (well maybe not complete disaster) (fwd)
to be able to boot win98 as 'default' again try running the command fdisk
/mbr
you should install a boot record on the partition where linux installed if
you wish to boot off of it(either directly or indirectly via some boot
manager like lilo, system commander nt boot manager etc) you don't need
this if you boot off a boot disk(not reccomended, booting from floppy is
DAMN SLOW) or you use loadlin (much faster!! although not as 'clean' as a
boot from the partition itself, as there may be a DOS TSR or 2 in there..)
nate
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On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, David Punsalan wrote:
> Dear Debian Group,
>
> I am a "newbie" trying to install Linux on my AMDK6-2 350Mhz 92MB RAM 6GB
> HD Win 98 PC.
>
> Progress to date:
> - partitioned HD: hda1- ~ 2GB - Win98 Partition
> hda2- ~ 72MB - Swap Drive Partition
> hda3- ~ 3.3 GB - Linux Native Partition
> - initialized and activated swap drive (hda2)
> - initialized, activated and mounted hda3 to /target
> - initialized, activated and mounted hda1 to /target/usr
> - Completely installed base system from floppy disks: resc1440.bin,
> drv1440.bin, base1440-1...7.bin (extracts base2_1.tgz) (I retrieved files
> from ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/)
>
> settings:
> - installed numberous modules (some failed to install: e.g. - misc/psaux,
> misc/ PS-2 mouse)
> Settings for 'Making Linux bootable from hard drive' -
> - Do you want to install boot record? - NO
> - Do you want to to boot linux as default? - NO
> made boot disk
>
> comments:
> The above installation was successfully completed after numerous previous
> attempts. It is believed that 1st set of floppy disks were somehow
> corrupt (Evidence - file size of some .bin files didn't match up with what
> I saw at the ftp site) So I carefully made new ones and they worked.
>
> Installation system FAILED to make boot disk UNLESS I answered 'NO' to
> 'Do you want to install boot record?'
> I would at least think that it should allow me to make to floppy disk if I
> answered YES to 'install boot record' and 'NO' to 'boot linux as default'.
>
>
> Problem(s):
> 1. System boots to Linux as default despite answering 'NO' to both 'boot'
> questions.
>
> 2. In booting Linux - my AntiVirus program detects a virus. I am able to
> continue booting but it says virus will be left on hard disk if I
> continue to boot.
>
> 3. Can't establish PPP connection. Error message complains about
> '/etc/ppp/peers/provider' and '/dev/modem.'
>
> 4. If I try running 'dselect' now, all options (A) Accept, (I) etc...
> refuse to run.
>
>
> So I'm stuck b/c I can't run Win98 since the boot disk for Win98 doesn't
> actually install necessary drivers to run it (it just loads and runs
> command.com and you get a:\ prompt). Typing 'win' and c:\ prompt doesn't
> do anything.
>
> I can't install any Debian packages since I can't establish a 'PPP'
> connection.
>
> Pls. respond if you can tell me what to do.
>
> At the very least - I would like to me able to boot to Win98 as default
> again.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
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