Dual Install Problem with Bootloader

From: Paul (plmacca_at_clara.co.uk)
Date: 03/31/05 

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:17:59 +0100

I have just tried to install SUSE 9 on my PC, which already has multiple
W98SE installed. I have used BootMagic bootloader in the past successfully
with Linux, but with SUSE (and Mandrake last year) I have failed to get the
machine to boot successfully, with BootMagic, into W98SE and Linux OSs.

My recent problem is as follows: After installing SUSE, it has GRUB as the
bootloader, it lists the Windows partitions as well as Linux, but will only
boot Linux. If I use my rescue disk for BootMagic, it lists all the OS
partitions but will only boot Windows, not Linux.

I know this is brief, but are there any obvious things I should look for or
should have done during the installation?

Paul

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