boot loader problem
Recently I tried to install Debian 2.2 on a system with Win98 (recently I
had Red Hat 7.2 but got tired of some of the glitches). Never was able to
get it successfully up and running, and decided to go with Mandrake 9.0
for the time being. For now, Mandrake is there and Debian is gone.
My problem is that ever since the Debian installation attempt, during
which I installed the "mbr" boot loader, I have been unable to boot
properly into Windows or my now successfully installed Mandrake OS without
using the Win98 CD. If I don't do this, I get a prompt that says
"MBR1234FA:" or more recently "MBR1FA:" and the computer stalls at that
point. Something seems to be stuck in my boot sector from the Debian
install attempt that won't go away. I tried various things to fix the
situation, including using fdisk/mbr from DOS to install the default
Windows boot record. Nothing has worked so far. I tried re-installing
Debian in hopes of changing the boot loader, but it seemed to want to
install on top of my Mandrake partitions and didn't give me the option of
installing it elsewhere. Am I stuck with starting boots from the CD
forever, or is there a solution?
Thanks!
Jeff Melton
P.S. I'm not quite a newbie, but close (have been using Linux for about a
year), so please keep it simple!
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