on 5-12-2008 10:17 AM MHR spake the following: > 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? > > Thanks. > > mhr It might not have finished the install, and something made it reboot before it had written the grub records. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080512/07f2788e/attachment-0005.sig>