On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 1:17 PM, MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote: > I got half way through an installation of CentOS on a box that has > Window$ 98 in the first partition and Window$ XP in the second, where > CentOS was designated for partitions 3 (/boot - 128MB) and 4 (/) and > had some strange results. > > During the install, I changed the default OS to boot to Window$ > (because I rarely use this machine, but others who don't have a clue > use Wxx), but then while the packages were downloading, I left the > machine alone. When I came back, it had rebooted to the DVD, so I > pulled it out and rebooted again. > > It came up in the Windows boot selection screen (W98 or WXP), and > never stopped at grub. > > Should I not have set it to go to Windows by default, or is this > something different? Did you tell grub to write to the MBR, or to the partition where you installed CentOS? -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell