Re: linux + winME

2001-10-05 Thread D.
I have the same setup, Laptop with ME and wanted to install Debian. What I did was first do a Scan disk then did a defrag then I went to one of the Debian mirror sites and downloaded a copy of FIPS and folowed the README in FIPS. I was able to partation the drive and not lose any data that was th

Re: linux + winME

2001-10-05 Thread Matthew Garman
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 07:03:50AM -0700, kiran hiriyanna wrote: > i am running windows ME on my laptop. i have a lot of info on it. > without having to back up, can i install llinux over w/ME and later > erase w/ME? It depends on the setup of your disk that contains the WinME installation. If yo

lilo linux/WinME dual boot doesn't anymore

2001-06-08 Thread Rick Macdonald
I have an NEC laptop that was working as dual boot with lilo with WinME and woody. I did all of the following and now when lilo tries to boot WinME it says "invalid disk" or something similar. What could have broken it and how do I fix it? - did a refresh of woody to get recent updates (over 130