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Newbie to LINUX.....I have 2 hard disks, and I decided to install Debian
onto dev/hdb....during setup it tells me I can press shift on PC power-up to
select OS. But this does not work.
I've tried setting BIOS to boot from disk 2, but I get a strange prompt :
MBR: FA

..if I press A, I then get :
MBR :1234AF

None of those keys do anything. The only way I can get debian to boot is
using the boot floppy :(

Any help greatly appreciated.

handsy

Quote:> Newbie to LINUX.....I have 2 hard disks, and I decided to install Debian
> onto dev/hdb....during setup it tells me I can press shift on PC power-up to
> select OS. But this does not work.

If you're running Windows NT or 2000 on hda, there's a HOWTO
explaining how to use its boot manager to boot Linux.  There are also
commercial boot managers; personally, I installed SystemCommander
under Windows 2000 and use it to boot LILO.

By 2007, we said one year ago, "No one will be fired for recommending Linux."
Shortening our own timeline by four years, we suggest that an IT buyer might
already be fired today for failing to consider Linux.
-- "Linux Report: The Year in Review". eWeek, February 3, 2003