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Slow WinMe/Win2K pro after Linux GRUB

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by minhajlk 3 views

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Hi,

I have a Pentium II 233 with 196 MB RAM, 30 GB HDD (ATA 33) with 4 partitions. 1) Windows ME 2) Windows 2000 pro 3) Data 4) Red Hat Linux 7.2. All the operating system has a partition of 4GB.

I installing Red Had Linux 7.2 in 4th partition (no Swap partition) and GRUB as the boot loader. RHL 7.2 and all the other operating system are working just fine. However, Windows Me and Win2K pro is very slow especially the graphic softwares and VCD players (Which worked fine before the RHL 7.2 and GRUB installation). Also I can't run a scandisk using MS Scandisk or Norton Scandisk.

1) I want to know why I can't run a scandisk. If there is a work around solution, how do I do it.
2) How to uninstall RHL 7.2 and GRUB.
3) Why is my Windows OS environment is slow and how to revert it back to its normal speed with RHL 7.2 and GRUB still active in 4th partition.

Regards,

Minhaj.

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by shanghai sam

I used lilo, but my boss said that windows has
a problem with many boot loaders - but didn't
give me the specifics.
But you can do this:
Login as root under linux.
copy your active kernel to a 3 1/2" floppy as
follows:
cp {kernel-image} {floppy device}
e.g. cp bzImage /dev/fd0
leave the floppy in the drive.
then you will need to use the utility rdev -
on my installation, its in /sbin, but I use
SuSE so I'm not sure where it may be on your
system.
type rdev --help (or -h) // I'm not at my unix
machine right now
you will need to set the options for the root
device, the swap device, and that the root device
will be mounted read-only so fsck can do a check
I don't remember the order of the options, so you
will have to pay close attention to the instructions from rdev. make sure you have the
parameters in the right order. The root device
is the partition from which your linux installation normally boots.
Shut down your system, and then try booting from
thefloppy. If it works, then make a copy of the
floppy by going to /tmp, then entering
dd if=/dev/fd0 (or your floppy device name) of=image bs=1024 count=1440 // all options on the
same line
then put a new formatted floppy in the drive and
type ddif=image of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 count=1440
now you have a backup
then you can log out of linux
in windows, (I don't remember the command, there
is a utility to restore the mbr _without_ destroying the partition table (make sure you insure that thisis the case)
when youve done this, your windows should boot as
normal, and you should always be able to boot linux from the floppy.
But check the man page on rdev.
That should do it. It worked well for me...
The only problem is, Red Hat may do it differently, but it should be the same.
Check their docs about boot floppys if you run
into problems.

Paul Olin

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