[NTLUG:Discuss] Possible dual boot screw up...

[Kevin E. Ivey]

Wayne Dahl wrote:
> 
> Hi again all,
> 
> Ok...the saga goes on.  After recovering Win98 on my wifes computer
> (fdisking, formating and reinstalling everything), I loaded XOSL as a boot
> loader and it boots Win98 just fine.  I installed RH 7.3 on what was left
> of the hard drive (Win98 takes up the first 3.8 Gigs of a 6.5 Gig hard
> drive), set up the boot loader to load both OS's and Win98 boots just
> fine.  If I select Linux, it just sits there and does nothing after the
> boot loader screen goes away.

<snippage>
 
> sigh...this is driving me nuts.  Any help would ge GREATLY appreciated.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Wayne

I'm a devout LILO and Ranish user.  If you can't boot to any OS for any
reason, LILO should be able to handle the job.  There is no longer a
1024 cylinder limitation to placing the kernel on the drive.

The Ranish Partition Manager is the simplest and smallest
bootloader/boot manager there is.  It lives entirely in the boot sector
or MBR and requires almost no configuration.  I swear by it.

Hope that helps,

keVIn