Sam, Can you think of why, after installing Mandrake and telling it to use the MBR, it still is looking for the suse LiveEval cd? TOm > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Samuel MacDonald > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 9:22 AM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Mandrake boot issues > > > If you have a DOS boot diskette. > Boot with it, then type "fdisk /mbr" this will write an MBR to reflect > the DOS boot disk. > Install Linux and tell it to use the MBR. > > Sam. > > PHPTOm wrote: > > >Responding to my own post. > > > >I used a SuSe liveEval cd I got in a magazine to install yesterday. The > >"Boot failure" error I was getting was because suse needed the > CD to be in > >the drive to boot. I assume it wrote to the MBR or something so > that when I > >installed Mandrake, I was still getting the same "Boot failure" > error. What > >a crock. > > > >How is it that a suse install could keep control of the boot after I > >repartitioned and installed Mandrake? > > > >TOm > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list