RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] windows and linux

["Nathan Mahon" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

As far as I can tell... I'm successfully formatting the discs.  They just won't boot, unless they're running linux. :)
I don't know if installing windows up until the reboot process... then installing linux and *lilo* in the extra space would help ... so I can make lilo do the work instead of the icky windows bootstrap.  :)

n8

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Pepper [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:16 AM
To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] windows and linux


If you can get to a command prompt after attempting to install Windoze,
see if you can type in "format c:"
That may work. Otherwise I always get a boot disk, and get to the command
prompt and run fdisk from the floppy.
I then delete all partions, and make a new DOS partion.
I then use the above format c: command. That should get you to a place
where you can install winders.

What a pain in the wazoo.
And we wonder why we dislike M$...

Just my 2 cents worth.

Mike

"When on the keyboard of life,
Always keep one finger on the escape key."
   < The world according to Dilbert >

On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Nathan Mahon wrote:

> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 10:37:38 -0400
> From: Nathan Mahon <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> Reply-To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] windows and linux
>
> I pulled a hdd off a machine to be the primary drive on a windows box (2k or 98)...
> It was running reiserfs before, and is a 40gb, with only 1 partition.
>
> My first attempts failed:   I would get through the NT setup section and copy the files over ... but when windows got to the "now rebooting" first reboot section, it'd always not boot, with a "error loading operating system" error.
> I had identical results with 98, but installing gentoo works fine.
>
> Some of the things i tried during the course of the many windows attempts:
> 1. fdisk /mbr
> 2. dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=2048 count=10000
> 3. completely nuking the drive each time and setting up the partitions inside the installer programs
> 4. nuking the partitions from win98 cdrom boot dos fdisk, and from linux fdisk
> 5. Various partitioning sizes and such.
>
> Any thoughts why linux works first try, (lilo), and windows can't install?
> n8
>
> _______________________________________________
> discussion mailing list
> EMAIL:PROTECTED
> http://mlug.missouri.edu/mailman/listinfo/discussion
>
_______________________________________________
discussion mailing list
EMAIL:PROTECTED
http://mlug.missouri.edu/mailman/listinfo/discussion

_______________________________________________
discussion mailing list
EMAIL:PROTECTED
http://mlug.missouri.edu/mailman/listinfo/discussion