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! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
