odd windows / ethernet / linux related problem

daven1986

daven1986

daven1986

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hi,

ever since installing a realtek driver it now comes up on boot like this:

boot from cd:
boot from cd:

realtek stuff.....

then it says boot filename not found
invalid partition table

however when i put in the windows cd and dont press a key to enter setup it appears to miss this stage.

i am planning on installing linux and was wondering if when i install grub it will load before this realtek rubbish therefore allowing me to boot both windows and linux without problem?

thanks

daven
 
oh no my friend i think you may be on the money.

i have a realtek built in nic and also an nvidia one, the nvidia one has never really worked so forget that! i THINK the key to get into the bios comes up after that message should disappear but im not sure. i will give this a go.

thanks for the help

any idea if the grub solution will work?

thanks

daven
 
yeah but when i put the windows cd in and leave it to boot normally (ignoring the press any key to boot from cd message) then it skips the realtek ethernet thing. i was just wondering if using grub (which i will do anyway) will work in a similar way.

thanks

daven
 
boot device order is fine, have done fixmbr and fixboot in repair console with no effect.

i dont understand why with the cd in the drive it skips the realtek stuff.
 
it goes:

cd
floppy
sata hd
ide0
ide1

i had a little look but i didnt find anything for a network boot in the bios but i will have another look later.

thanks

daven
 
ok to further increase randomness, if i disable the realtek from booting the message goes away however it now says "SYSTEM DISK ERROR PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK".

BUT, i can still boot into windows if i leave the xp cd in again.

daven
 
nope done those many times already no joy. even with grub installed it makes no difference. however now i am installing linux to my primary ide drive, see if it makes a difference. before i had it on the sata drive.

it is now like this:
ide0 - linux and swap
ide1 - backup drive
sata1 - windows and data

hopefully it will work.

thanks guys

daven
 
ok solved it at last.

ide0 - windows and linux swap (first boot device)
ide1 - backup
sata1 - linux and data

when i reinstalled windows the ethernet message went away.

thanks for all your help

daven
 
it was a problem that occurred from a new install so no data / time was lost / wasted really.

i think it was all down to the realtek drivers. but i reinstalled them and it works!! maybe it was because i installed windows with the boot from network disabled?

daven
 
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