Sorry, I wouldn't interject except Windows was mentioned. Try using grub if it's already up. root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) quit
J. Jason Staudenmayer said: > Sound like the master boot record (MBR) got hosed. > Try reinstalling grub or get a winblows boot disk with fdisk and run > "fdisk /mbr" > Then reinstall your distro. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: (OT) I've done something Stupid > > > I'm testing out several distros here, and now I think I've f&!$ed > something up on my test machine. > > Previously, it was running Red Hat 8. I tried to put another distro on > it to check it out (College), and when it re-boots, all I get is a blank > black screen with GRUB at the top left. > > So....what have a screwed up? I tried to put Slackware on it as well, > went in and used fdisk to re-set partitions and re-format, and still the > same. -- > J. Tim Willis > "A Computer without Windows is like a chocolate cake without mustard." > ------------------------------------------------- > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign against HTML > \ / email and proprietary format > X attachments. > / \ > ------------------------------------------------- > Have you been used by Microsoft today? > Choose your life. Choose freedom. > Choose LINUX. > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ----------------------------------------- Jesse Jacobs, R.H.C.T. Ajax, ON Canada -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
