Wow! Reading that I don't think I'll bother trying another live install, as it's just going to go the same way again. I do have everything...
That's exactly how it goes, except it wouldn't let me proceed without formatting the root partition. I've just finished a clean install and...
not a downloadable version as far as I can see.
No can do it seems Mark. Mandriva insists on reformatting first before doing the live install. This is a bit of a pain, as TI can only do...
Mark and Paul: As I've finally, and with your help managed to get this old laptop booting XP, Mandriva and VistaPE satisfactorily I shall now...
Just to put the cat among the pigeons it seems DD can see the files on my Ext3
All falling into place! I was wondering why TI was complaining about my partitions and doing a sector-by-sector backup! If I believed this...
Looks like you've put your finger on it Mark. Find works in grub, not in grub4DOS. The Linux Ext3 partitions were created during the Mandriva...
Mark: Added your suggested Mandriva stanza in menu.lst and reinstalled Grub4DOS, but it doesn't work - Error 2 Bad file or directory type....
Can't really answer these questions Mark until I've got a a local image from which I can quickly restore the MBR. I'll get one. Thanks for the...
I don't think that can be right Mark. Every find command failed, not just those two, including find /vmlinuz. Also, init is an executable...
Extract from menu.lst - title linux kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=12e48e8e-5d68-436d-9b04-e2dbb47640c0...
Thanks Mark, that has worked a treat, and Grub is now booting all three. I did need the Vista style partition boot record for VistaPE as you...
Mark: I got only Grub error messages, but my partition structure was such a mess after four years of messing about I decided first to...
Getting late here now Mark, so that will be for tomorrow. Thanks again friend :) Bernard
While waiting for the other guy I thought I'd install Mandriva 2009 on my XP laptop, partly to see whether I could do it. Of course, it installed...
Mark: Thanks for that. It sounds straightforward enough, so let's hope the guy who has to follow my guidance doesn't make any of the mistakes...
A while ago k0lo helped me in separating my XP and Vista installations, and installing Grub4DOS as boot manager. It has been so successful that I...
Shows how hardware sensitive ATI is, as I could have written exactly those same words about ATI 11 on my twin SATA Vista dual boot setup. The...
Faust: I learnt how to set it up from MudCrab ;) It's works so well I can't see me ever wanting to change it.
Goes without saying.
I reckon most regular users have by now found a way of using whatever they have to be certain they are bullet-proof restorewise. For speed and...
If what you have now works, and you aren't seriously into trying to answer questions here from others, then upgrading is completely pointless imo....
Good point. Be a good idea to store an iso of it somewhere safe too, for the day it won't boot.
GroverH: You haven't confirmed that v12 can restore v11 images. Was this an oversight or deliberate? I have a few v11 images I definitely...
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