Disappearing OS

[NotQuiteHere]

I installed windows onto a system that had mandrake on it.

When I had installed Mandrake 9.2, it had left a little partition of about 500mb on the drive with it.

When I installed Windows 98, it assumed it was supposed to install to that 500mb partition. I have no problem with this.

My problem is that I no longer get a boot screen allowing me to choose and OS after I installed windows. (mandrake gave one before listing stuff like failsafe and whatnot)

How can I get back into Mandrake, and how do I get my boot loader screen back. Oh, it used LILO as the bootloader.

[willy_ph]

IIRC, you must install Linux after you install windows.

[willy_ph]

TechTV reaffirms my belief. In the linked article, replace Windows XP with Windows 98.

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/l...397093,00.html

[Mead]

No, you dont have to install windows first, its just easier that way usually. You can add linux to the windows boot menu and boot it that way. I dont dual boot anymore and cant remember exactly what you need to do, but i know there are several threads on the subject and the search feature is now working in the linux forum.

[NotQuiteHere]

Hmm..... well, its nice to know I can do it. My searching wasn't getting me anywhere. I jsut kept coming up with problems with adding linux, not adding windows.

I'll probably just reinstall Linux.... they said I could, that they didn't really have anything personal on it yet.... kinda just playing with it.

[NotQuiteHere]

Well... its all fixed. I but in the madrake install disk, and claimed i was wanting to upgrade.... and it did it's thing pretending that it was... and reinstalled LILO.... and everything is all hunky doory now.