Linux & Windows Dual Boot

[jhuckerby]

I am running Mandrake 7.2, and also win ME( :mad: ) to run all those games i play too much of.

Anyway, i need to reinstall ME cause i have screwed up some of the drivers for my win TV card and i cant be arsed to sort them out the long way.

Therefore im gonna lose my dual boot menu. Could someone please help me to tell me how to set up the linux dual boot menu.

All instructions will be needed please, as it took me long enough how to install it in the first place.

Thanks very much in advance!

[Stuka]

1. Make sure you have a boot disk.
2. After you install WinME, use the boot disk to get into Linux.
3. Run /sbin/lilo (must be root, of course).

This should put it back to the way it was. If not, you may need to edit /etc/lilo.conf (but if you haven't moved things around, you shouldn't).

[digital_spawn]

safest way to do is , make a linux boot floppy , install win-me, then reinstall lilo using the command $lilo.
:D my way, windows always gets dirty in my machine , with all those demos, sharewares and missing dlls - so i reinstall it often ( within every 2 months )- my linux install is clean and i do no often reinstall it - so i install lilo in /boot (not on mbr) and use a bootmanager to boot linux . - try the best one : XOSL www.xosl.org (http://www.xosl.org)
:cool:

[Coral Sea]

Or, in case you're using GRUB instead of LILO, make sure you have the Linux boot disk before you reinstall Windoze MisEry. After you re-install Win ME, reboot with the Linux boot disk. Once in Linux, issue the following commands:

cd /boot/grub
sh install.sh

You're now back in dual-boot land. :cool: