Fdisk /mbr --- comp. will not boot

I got into a DOS prompt, typed fdisk /mbr as told to get rid of lilo on linux forum. Rebooted, and got this error:

NTLDR is missing
Press any key to restart

I press any key, gives me the same message. I cannot get into my computer at all except through DOS, what in the world have I done wrong?

 

Steve,

I get an error on your link: "The parameter is incorrect. "

 

Thanks for your help, but I've got the problem fixed, formatted and removed my linux partition, so my HDD is cleeeeaaan Ok, does anyone know if lunix and win2k can dual boot? and does "lilo -u /dev/hda" get rid of Lilo completely so that the default windows dual boot selection comes up?

 

sure

Sure you can dual boot 2000 and linux, but I wouldn't recommend using the windows boot selector. If you install the latest version of RedHat or Mandrake, they both come with lilo and grub, which are both pretty good boot managers.

Also, I am not sure if that command will get rid of lilo, but I do not think it will.

-Brad

 

At the Mandrake forum, they say mandrake 8.1 can't dual boot with NTFS, and I have that (knew I'd regret it) but do you know if any other distros such as Lycoris (Redmond) linux will dual boot with NTFS?

 

I am currently dual booting with RedHat Linux 7.2, and I am running NTFS. The only problem is that I can't see any of the files on my windows partition. I have heard that if you upgrade your kernel you will be able to see the files on your NTFS partition, but I believe this is still in testing.
Hope this helps!

-Brad Larson

 

Could you give me your quick review of Redhat? I'm testing out different linux distros to see which I like the best, and then plan on using it on and off. I have mandrake 8.1 on CD, and it's pretty decent, but was slow for me cuz I had another OS (said to slow it down) But I'm going to get a new old computer soon, so I would like to get some reviews. Just a quick one, the pros and cons.

 

well I haven't really tried too many linux distro's, so if anyone else could help me out then feel free...

I like redhat over mandrake because I felt that mandrake had a few annoying bugs. It would crash on my occasionally. Mandrake is ment more for beginners, and Redhat more for companies, rather then home users.

Now let me pass this response to a friend:

I think Redhat is an overall nice system. It has a pretty slick install and is an overall and easy linux experience. The best features are that after installation you have a very capable system with a ton of features. Also redhat.com maintains a huge database of software that you can get for free. I recommend buying a linux book though whatever you install since that will help smooth things along because linux is by no means a simple beast to master. The cons of redhat really don't propagate until later on when you are more affluent with using linux. Most rpms come compiled for systems that are only similar to to your system, which while convienent defeats the purpose of linux and open source software. You can find the sources but sometimes it won't be able to find the libraries and development files you know you installed earlier. Also when an rpm requires a dependecy from some software you have compiled sometimes it won't be found. Oh yeah one other thing about rpms usually they aren't the newest versions to be found. If you get redhat i recommend using rpmfind.net(i think that is what it is) to find newer version of software since redhat.com is sluggish on updating their massive amounts of rpms. Anyhow I definatly recommend redhat for starting out. Hope this helps some and if you still have some questions just bug brad some more, and he'll in turn bug me some and then we can get things straightened out. good luck to you.
-John


Well john is better at discribing things then me, so there you go!


-Brad