I don't understand why having floopy first would change anything. The devices order was this: CD Floppy ARMD-HDD ARMD-FDD I changed it to: Floppy CD ARMD-HDD 1st IDE-HDD I don't know whether making floppy forst or adding "1st IDE-HDD" as the 4th is what did it. I need to learn more about this stuff. > -----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 5:19 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Mandrake boot issues > > > Not for some reason, that was the reason. > Boot order is the reason, flexability in boot loaders lets you go to a > second or other disk if you want to. > > Sam. > > > PHPTOm wrote: > > >I know that during install, I told Mandrake to use mbr. > Changing the order > >of my boot devices worked for some reason now. > > > > > > > > > >>Tom, > >> Are you positive that Mandrake is using the MBR? It almost sounds > >>as if it's defaulting to the boot sector, not the MBR. > >> > >>-- > >> > >>Shawn > >> > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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