On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:51:02 -0800, Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just got hold of an old portable PC, which I want to put linux on. > Since the networking on this device is poor, I removed the harddrive > and hooked it up to my own computer. So, my question is what do I need > to do to the hard drive to get Linux to boot up on it, when I put it > back in the original computer? > > I have formatted the hard disk, but I need to set it up so that it will > boot. How do I do that?
Install a bootloader on that hard disk's MBR. I recommend grub for that task. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]