The purpose if this post is just to record a bloody awful experience so that
it might be found on a subsequent search.

I had Windows 2000 installed nicely on my Thinkpad a20m and then decided I
would try and co-install Red Hat 8.

GRUB was installed along the way and the short of it is that GRUB messed up
my MBR something fierce. The result was blue screens indicating that the
BIOS was not ACPI compliant.

I am not a Win 2000 wiz and only now, after several days, have I fixed - I
hope - the problem using FIXMBR and FIXBOOT. we'll see if it actually does
the trick over the next few days.

I take it all back. The problem is not resolved.

"Unc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Pvugb.34957$9l5.13793@pd7tw2no...
> The purpose if this post is just to record a bloody awful experience so
that
> it might be found on a subsequent search.
>
> I had Windows 2000 installed nicely on my Thinkpad a20m and then decided I
> would try and co-install Red Hat 8.
>
> GRUB was installed along the way and the short of it is that GRUB messed
up
> my MBR something fierce. The result was blue screens indicating that the
> BIOS was not ACPI compliant.
>
> I am not a Win 2000 wiz and only now, after several days, have I fixed - I
> hope - the problem using FIXMBR and FIXBOOT. we'll see if it actually does
> the trick over the next few days.
>
>

Thats very interesting... try using LILO instead, I myself
have had much better luck. I installed Mandrake next to a
2K install, and it was fine. I don't know what else to
tell you. I'll see if I can find something though.


>-----Original Message-----
>I take it all back. The problem is not resolved.
>
>"Unc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:Pvugb.34957$9l5.13793@pd7tw2no...
>> The purpose if this post is just to record a bloody
awful experience so
>that
>> it might be found on a subsequent search.
>>
>> I had Windows 2000 installed nicely on my Thinkpad a20m
and then decided I
>> would try and co-install Red Hat 8.
>>
>> GRUB was installed along the way and the short of it is
that GRUB messed
>up
>> my MBR something fierce. The result was blue screens
indicating that the
>> BIOS was not ACPI compliant.
>>
>> I am not a Win 2000 wiz and only now, after several
days, have I fixed - I
>> hope - the problem using FIXMBR and FIXBOOT. we'll see
if it actually does
>> the trick over the next few days.
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>