[NTLUG:Discuss] Win2K & Linux (Was: Tcl/Tk)

[Jason Fortezzo]

At 10:07 PM 4/29/00, you wrote:
 >Repeated attempts to fix this failed and he eventually returned the
 >drive to Fry's who tried to do a reformat (it failed) and a low
 >level format - which worked.  We installed Win2k without problems
 >but I messed up the re-partitioning when I put Linux back on and
 >wiped out some of Win2k.  When we re-installed Win2k, it again
 >complained that the disk was broken.  We since tried (carefully)
 >with a new drive - with much the same results.  Installing
 >WinNT on the exact same drive partition always works and installing
 >Win2K on a bare drive always works.  It looks suspiciously as if
 >Win2k is refusing to install on a drive that contains Linux (or
 >perhaps just LILO).

I had a problem similar to this once.  I had two hard drives, one with
Linux and one with Windows 95 and NT.  If the drive linux was on was
defined in the bios, Win95 would not start.  Once I removed the entry
for the linux drive in the bios, Win95 would work just fine.  WinNT would
work either way.  Conspiracy theories anyone?


Jason Fortezzo
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