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Eion MacDonald wrote: > > Regards > Eion MacDonald (eionmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > Electronic mail is not secure and may not be authentic. > If you have any doubts as to the contents please telephone to confirm. > > Anton Channing wrote: >> Anton Channing wrote: >>> Simon Williams wrote: >>>> Install new OS- tell it not to install a bootloader. Your old bootloader >>>> will remain and you can then add the new OS to it. Alternatively, if >>>> you've currently got LILO and you want to upgrade to GRUB (which is >>>> definitely better- especially if you've got multiple Linux installs), >>>> let the new OS install GRUB and then add entries for the existing OSes. >>>> It's not that hard to do, so long as you keep track of which OS is in >>>> which partition and who owns the bootloader. >>> Yeah, it just got confused last time I tried, so i >>> assumed there is more to it. >>> >>>> Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more info. >>>> Simon >>> I'll give it a go this weekend and let you know if >>> I get any problems. :) >> Hmm. I've just had a go again, but this time I can't >> even get the sidux cd to boot. It just sits there >> on the 'Booting from ATAPI CD' prompt forever. So I >> gave up. >> >> Not sure why it would do that. Never tried a distro >> that actually failed to boot the install disk! >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Anton >> >> > Try Super GRUB Live CD disc to sort out . > link: http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ > > Regards > Eion MacDonald Downloaded that and tried it and it won't boot either. This suggests maybe there is something wrong with the software for burning or the hardware. Will try again with the same sidux iso, only burning it on my Mac instead, and see if I can get that to boot... Thanks again, Anton -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html