Re: Needed help with Linux installation

From: 7 (website_has_email_at_www.ecu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 12/19/04

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    Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:54:02 GMT

    celsius wrote:

    > Hi folks,
    >
    > I am basically a windows user keen to enter the world of Linux. I was
    > using which was dual boot, which contained red hat Linux 9.0 and win
    > 98.
    > Last week I had a virus attack and had to re install windows again. As
    > a result
    > every time the computer boots grub is not coming. Now I tried to
    > install red hat Linux 9.0 on the existing Linux partitions. But while
    > it is installing it is showing the
    > message: -
    > unable to align partition correctly. This probably means another
    > partitioning tool generated an incorrect partitioning table, because
    > it did not have correct BIOS geometry. it is safe to ignore but
    > ignoring may cause warning (fishable) problems with some boot loaders.
    >
    > Even though the Linux distribution is installing, grub boot loader is
    > not loading.
    >
    > So what to do?

    You can do the grub thing manually after booting from
    a LiveCD as earlier poster has indicated.
    If you have partition alignment problems, you may
    need to delete all partitions first using QtParted
    from something like Knoppix or Mepis LiveCD.
    You can also try the latest Mepis LiveCD distros,
    they have installer menu/icons with option to install
    the grub which is really handy to quickly fix grub
    problems.
    http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

    The windopes itself can be booted from grub with
    following menu entries into /boot/grub/menu.lst file
    (assuming windopes is on the first partition)

    title Windopes 98 at hda1
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1
    savedefault
     
     
     

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