Windows Safe Mode From GRUB

[pentachris]

Dual booting Mandrake 8.2 & 98 using grub bootloader. Windows freezes after booting before I can take any action. How do I get into safe mode?

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Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

[mjc]

<f5> right after you select Windows from the GRIB menu should take you directly to "safe Mode". <f8> will bring up the start up menu with the option to select safe mode.


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mjc
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Celts are the men that heaven made mad, For all their battles are merry and their songs are all sad.

[pentachris]

F8 didn't work. Problem resolved now though, thanks. I guess about a year's worth of service is what I should expect from an eleven dollar ps/2 wheel mouse...

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Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

[mjc]

since I have a multiboot system I went into msconfig and turned the menu on all the time.....yeah, it adds a little to the boot time, but at least I can always get into safe mode.

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mjc
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Celts are the men that heaven made mad, For all their battles are merry and their songs are all sad.

[pentachris]

Sounds like a good idea, especially since I've got to sit and make an operating system choice anyway, and I'm using (or at least playing with) Linux more than Windoze...

Don't you use XOSL, mjc? Am I right in thinking that it does not launch Linux directly, requiring another bootloader like LILO or GRUB be installed? If so, how does that work? You just turn the delay time before automatically loading down to 0 or 1 seconds? Or is that even necessary with only one opsys on its list?

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Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

[Rick]

http://www.xosl.org/


It is a direct replacement for Grub and Lilo
With a GUI