Easy way is to put the slack cd in and boot up, do not re-fdisk, just load up the setup. Set the partitions again and then skip down to the finalizing installation step. This time select install to mbr. If you cannot jump straight to the finalizing step, you may have to go through the install again, just un-mark all packages so it does not re-install anything. There are better ways to do this, but this is simple. -Thain Quoting Joe Dunsmore <duns0014 at umn.edu>: > > I'm thinking out loud so give me a minute... > > > > The "/etc/fstab" could be pointing at the CDROM for boot > > > > If your using Grub "boot=/dev/cdrom" when it should be pointing to > > "/dev/hda/" > > I'm using Grub on my laptop so I looked at that. > > If your using Lilo it could be pointing to "/dev/cdrom" when it should > > be pointing to "/dev/hda/" > > My desktop is running Lilo but it's not plugged in... > > > > Be careful changing these settings, know where your partitions are > > point before you change anything. > > > > Have you tried the "fdisk /mbr" thing? > > If you do you will need to reinstall Linux > > You could use a W95 or W98 boot CD to do it. > > Wack the partitions with Linux "cfdisk or fdisk" first then use the > > DOS boot "fdisk /mbr" > > Then reinstall Linux. > > Power off between restarts. > > > > It's a somewhat tedious process but it doesn't take all that long. > > > > If all else fails, down load the "dban" iso for CD's. Burn a CD for dban > > and wipe the disk. > > Then install Linux. > > I have a similar problem. I originally installed redhat 9 on my > computer. I had /boot, /, and swap partitions. I tried installing > slack 9.1 on it, overwriting everything. I got weird messages about it > running out of room so I deleted the first two partitions and made one > unified one. when I installed again, it asked if I wanted to put the > boot loader on the mbr or on the first partition or something. It said > the later was safer, so I did that. now when I turn my computer on, it > gives me my bios splash screen, prints GRUB, then my monitor flickers > off and on, I get the splash screen again, and it prints GRUB again > until I turn it off. Booting off a floppy gets me slackware without a > problem. Redhat 9 uses grub and slack uses lilo so I believe grub's on > the mbr and my computer is booting off that. Is there any way I can fix > this without reinstalling? how do I tell my computer to boot off the > first sector or how do I delete/fix the mbr? > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > ----------------------------------------- E-mail provided by Outlanders.us _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list