At Tue, 15 May 2007 12:12:02 +0800 Mr. Ray Chan wrote, '1. Use a Win98 startup disk to start the system; 2. After your saw the prompt, use command "FDISK /MBR";'
At Tue, 15 May 2007 20:41:36 +0200 Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote, "fdisk /mbr will solve the problem." The system was given to my mother without the installation media. Can I make a startup diskette in the existing system? If so, how? "... make a small partition for a minimal distro with the sole purpose of starting grub, ..." Yes, if there is no alternative, I can put a small old disk in the machine to replace the existing hdb. Thanks, ... Peter E.