Re: Help with copying a Windows98 partition?

From: Mark South (mark.south_at_null.invalid)
Date: 09/02/05


Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:07:57 +0200

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:01:01 -0700, mechdan wrote:

snip.

> Now I try to reboot into Windows, but now the computer just
> sits there doing nothing after the GRUB chainload. No Windows98
> splash screen, no boot menu, nothing. It just sits there
> doing nothing. Obviously I'm missing something. But what?
> I have no idea.
>
> Thanks, I appreciate any help/ideas!

The hardware gods are sending you a very clear message that they want to
abandon worshipping at the altar of the false OS.

Perhaps they wouldn't have been so angry if you hadn't allocated more than
10 times as much space for win98 as for Linux....

-- 
mark south: world citizen, net denizen
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