Help getting Linux off a hdd
 

Ok I had a play with Ubuntu but I need to reclaim the hard drive for a pc job. I dumped the partitions and ghosted an OS onto primary partition only at boot up to be greeted by "Grub load error" "Error 17"
Do I just have to install windows to create a boot something or other,or is there an easier way

Re: Help getting Linux off a hdd
 

try fdisk /mbr as this wipes the master boot record and should then allow the loading of windows if it is on there

Re: Help getting Linux off a hdd
 

sorted it.Went through windows install untill the first reboot then ghosted complete OS back.

Re: Help getting Linux off a hdd
 

Yeah, that'll do it, Zing. Bit of overkill (could've done it in a lot less steps) but at least it definitely works now ;)

btw, how'd you find Ubuntu? Personally, I'm not liking it much, so will either be reverting back to Mandy or trying a different one.

Re: Help getting Linux off a hdd
 

It was a start,Im thinking about trying something else maybe you could point me in the direction of some good iso's (easy to install please btw lol)

Re: Help getting Linux off a hdd
 

I've found Mandrake to be the easiest to install so far... not that Ubuntu was difficult, but there was a question on partitioning which a novice trying to dual-boot might struggle with. I could imagine them inadvertantly wiping their Windows partition when installing Ubuntu, if they don't pay attention and just click without double-checking.

The Mandrake install was even easier than the Ubuntu one... all the times I've installed it, it's correctly picked-up the correct settings and the default options have all been correct. It's a bit prettier than the Ubuntu installation too ;)

The Red Hat install I used a few years ago (think it was Red Hat 8... can't remember now) was good too, but haven't really used Red Hat nor Fedora for a long time now.

Am gonna give Gentoo a go soon, but from what I've heard the installation is a real biatch cause it's targetted specifically for your environment/purposes.

Re: Help getting Linux off a hdd
 

Anaconda (the Red Hat installer) is great, just don't try the upgrade option. Tried to go from FC3 to FC4 last night and it broke my install :( At first I thought it might be the installation DVD but it managed a complete reinstall perfectly.

Re: Help getting Linux off a hdd
 

I now have a headache ;)