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bootloader install problems mndrke/winxp

post #1 of 5
2/19/05 at 1:51pm
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hello

I have a sager 8887 that i am installing mandrake 10 on my seccond hard drive. It doesn't like the lilo bootloader I tried to install (freezes up everytime I get to it) Windows is on my primary drive and I want to partition the drive so its 20GB linux 40GB windows on the seccond drive. that has alreasdy been done i now just need to be able too boot into windows is there any windows installable bootloaders that would allow me to access my linux partition.

thanks in advance
-James
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post #2 of 5
2/19/05 at 10:47pm
if lilo fails, grub comes in
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post #3 of 5
2/20/05 at 9:20am
GRUB, look at mandrake control center at the boot section for settings for the boot loader. try GRUB
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post #4 of 5
2/22/05 at 12:03am
When you say it freezes, what freezes? The linux boot or the windows or does lilo crap out. I'd say GRUB is the way to go though.
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post #5 of 5
2/22/05 at 12:53am
maybe you're having the same problem i have under vlos and mepis on my laptop. whenever i try to boot (In linux only, no prob when boot to windows) it will freeze if my mouse (or most any usb device) is plugged in, if i connect it after the first few seconds of the boot-up sequence, it works fine though
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