replace the MBR (as someone told me to do).
Sigh. All this would have taken me a half hour to set up in Windows...
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>> 3. Is there any way to get my Xp bootloader to load Linux?
>
>Probably, but that's not how I'd do it...
>
>1. Let grub replace the MBR on the boot disk (IMO this is easiest, but
> purists will argue it's the wrong way to do it)
Would this mean reinstalling RH from scratch?
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>> 2. I have tried to set up my modem connection and
>> can't get the modem to
>> respond. So email doesn't work.
>
>what modem do you have? maybe it's a winmodem, thus
>you need a special driver tell us what modem you
>have, and may be someone can help you... By the way, I
>use a winmodem, it
>
>> >> 3. Is there any way to get my Xp bootloader to load Linux?
>> >
>> >Probably, but that's not how I'd do it...
>> >
>> >1. Let grub replace the MBR on the boot disk (IMO this is
>easiest, but
>> > purists will argue it's the wrong way to do it)
>>
>> Would this mean reinstalling RH from s
>> 3. Is there any way to get my Xp bootloader to load
>> Linux? I am using a
>> floppy to start Linux now. I installed on a second
>> hard drive using grup
>> and told it not to replace the MBR (as someone told
>> me to do).
>
>Why not use grub? you'll have to instal grub in the
>mbr, and change y
When I do this, I get a grub hard drive error. According to the grub
documentation this means that grub is not reading my drives geometrics
right, but it tells me nothing about fixing the error.
>WARNING: this is not for the faint hearted, especially if you
>don't know what the c:\boot.ini file
