Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 14:05:12 -0600 From: Gary <medmanks@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <20001228140512.B2096@linux.local> Subject: Re: [SLE] need help On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 11:01:13AM -0800 or thereabouts, Greg Thomas wrote:
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Gary wrote:
Question is, if I reinstall HDa, with W2K, will the SuSE rescue disk work, so that I can boot up SuSE on hdb? I would really hate to be out both OSs. What is the best way of approaching this to insure I can boot into SuSE and redo /sbin/lilo so that lilo can be put back into the MBR when I reinstall W2K, because when I reinstall W2K, I will need to get in SuSE to set up Lilo again in the MBR to run it.
You don't even need the rescue disk, you just need your install disk because with it you can boot an installed system if you know the root partition. Run lilo after you've installed Win2k and you should be fine.
Thanks Greg, I will do that. the root partition is /root <g>
Beyond that I'd suggest to dump Win2k and use the other disk for FreeBSD or OpenBSD. Any OS that can't handle a mobo change without a reinstall is pretty lacking in my opinion. I had the same thing happen with NT 4 back in the dark days.
W2k is junk. If they ever tell you it doesn't crash, try 4 times in one day for me, after seasoned use, with nothing new added. It is garbage. I can't believe this happened. My ribbon cables are all correct, as is BIOS, and working. Funny you should say that, I just picked up FreeBSD, I may just put in on there. SuSE and BSD, two of the best. -- Best regards, Gary Today's thought: Chaos, panic, pandemonium - my work here is done.