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Thread ID: 43862 2004-03-29 11:19:00 LINUX, XP PRO, LILO AND GRUB beama (111) Press F1
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225868 2004-03-31 11:56:00 chill john and murray
I cheated and cleaned out all the partions
xp is now on what would be hda3, swap hda1 and root (/boot) is hda2, hey and grub works to.
I think the problem (grub not installing to the boot sector) could have been related to 1024 cylnder restriction in the boot loader and this laptop not supporting lba32
sorry if this seems repeative but thank you for your help and two warnings :)
win modem on this laptop
and getting it to connect to my network

I found somthing you may enjoy also while researching my problem (google got used often)

"linux is user friendly..... its just picky about its friends" :D

Hopefully myself and linux will become good friends
beama (111)
225869 2004-03-31 12:58:00 > xp is now on what would be hda3, swap hda1 and root
> (/boot) is hda2, hey and grub works to.
Good to hear :-)

> I think the problem (grub not installing to the boot
> sector) could have been related to 1024 cylnder
> restriction in the boot loader and this laptop not
> supporting lba32
IIRC, this only affected old versions of LILO.

> win modem on this laptop
> and getting it to connect to my network
Ive got a Modem Ive gotta sort out on my laptop too, only Ive not run Windows on it, ever, so it'll be interesting....

> "linux is user friendly..... its just picky about its
> friends" :D
Very cool :D

> Hopefully myself and linux will become good friends
Just dont be too picky :p


Chill.
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