Linux parbreastion interferes with Win CD startup 5071

Sounds like when you installed Linux it formatted and used the entire hard drive. Windows Me does not know about Linux parbreastions (a choice Microsoft made many years ago).

Find out how Linux parbreastioned your hard drive from the console or xterm session type something like; fdisk -ldev-hda

Do not delete any parbreastions yet unless you want to start over, which sounds like this might be a good idea.

If you do then re-format the hard drive. This time start by installing Windows first and leave some blank unformatted space for Linux. Now to start over since Microsoft chooses not to support Linux parbreastions with Microsoft's fdisk you have two choices, one delete the parbreastions using Linux or two use a smarter version of DOS or at least fdisk. A smarter version of fdisk available at;

It's a good idea to download and use this version in place of the Microsoft version.

Most modern versions of Linux installation media will allow you to boot into rescue mode to repair any problems one might have, you can use this to delete the parbreastions and start fresh. Or if you want try the SystemRescueCD;

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