[NBLUG/talk] Newbie and grub>

[Jennifer Tracy]

I would have if I had a floppy drive on the system.  Which I will install 
soonest.

Jenn


>From: Scott Doty <scott at sonic.net>
>Reply-To: talk at nblug.org
>To: talk at nblug.org
>Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] Newbie and grub>
>Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 11:28:08 -0700
>
>I wish I knew more about grub...
>
>I _do_ recommend that once you get the system booted, you switch over to
>lilo.  Lilo gives you a graphical menu where it's easy to pick the os you
>want to boot.
>
>Did you happen to make a boot floppy when you installed?
>
>  -Scott
>
>On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 10:19:48PM -0700, Jennifer Tracy wrote:
> > I just installed RedHat Linux 9.0 on a dual boot system with Windows XP
> > Professional.
> >
> > At the end of the install I had the system reboot and now I an in grub>
> > land and NOT happy about it.
> >
> > I managed to get it to boot into Windows with the chainloader, but I 
>cannot
> > figure out how to get my kernel loaded so that I can boot into linux.
> >
> > I have tried the following:
> >
> > grub> kernel /vmlinux-2.4.20-8 (and variations there of)
> >
> > and I get the following error:
> >
> > Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you for your time,
> > Jenn Tracy
> > a.k.a Tiny Tyrant
> >
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