Hi Liz, First of all there's no need to feel like you should stop answering questions. We're all newbies at something and need to ask lots of questions <grin>. I am not sure of the full answer to your problem with just that much info, but two things: Firstly Redhat advises against installing Lilo in the MBR. However other distributions such as Debian state this as the recommended place to install the boot loader, and I've always done it this way. So, if you haven't already tried then use this option despite the warning. The other thing to say is that ME's lack of DOS support should not affect the installation of the boot loader at all. Hope thi sgets you started. Saqib ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Hare" <eh51@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:05 PM Subject: newbie again: installed RedHat but Win ME won't let it even consider booting > > Hello, > > I managed to install RedHat last night-- several times, in fact. > > I am trying to do a dual-boot with Windows Millenium. I tried the options > of putting the boot stuff in the MBR and the other option-- was that the > boot directory? It didn't like either way. It didn't seem to fit in the > MBR, because it suggested that it might not work and that I better make a > boot floppy. > > I am using lilo. > > I have a read a lot of things that have confused me. > > Supposedly, Win ME and XP and maybe some others present problems because > they don't have an underlying DOS mode. I haven't been able to figure out > what one is supposed to do about this, though. If nothing, any ideas about > why my installation isn't working? > > I promise once I get this up and running I will stop asking dumb > questions! I've used Unix a lot but never set it up before. > > Liz > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
