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[Ilija Liebermann <sysadmin@xxxxxxxx>]

You can load Linux with BootMagic, actually.
Or, alternatively, you can do it using Win2K capabilities.


On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 14:05 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> >
> > you need use
> > "root (hd0,6)", not "root (hd0,7)"
> > if your root partition is on /dev/hda7.
> >
> Thanks, that indeed does successfully re-install grub.
> 
> Unfortunately the behavior did not change.
> 
> During boot I get a message about loading stage 1.5, please wait.
> 
> Then it never comes back.
> 
> To get my machine usable for some other work, I booted a DOS floppy
> and did a "fdisk /mbr".  I'm now able to boot the Win2K partition
> again.
> 
> I still want to get Linux on this box, but it will have to wait for
> another day.  I might try installing an older SUSE version on this
> box.  (It has never had any version of linux on it before, but I have
> it loaded on several very similar machines.)
> 
> Thanks again for now,
> Greg
> -- 
> Greg Freemyer
> The Norcross Group
> Forensics for the 21st Century
> 


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