> The problem is that when I went to install Windows 98 on the partition I had > created for that purpose, it apparently overwrote the boot loader (GRUB). > That's what I'm guessing, anyway, because GRUB didn't start and I just got a > "Disk I/O error". So I fired up the Mandrake installer again and got GRUB > back, and now Linux boots fine, but Windows still doesn't. Screen output > looks like this: <snip> > Disk I/O error > Replace the disk, and then press any key Because of how windows handles the installation, you need to install linux AFTER you install windows. The error is from Windows rewriting the boot sector. Just another anti-competitive 'feature' of M$. Terry Schanno TCFN Volunteer Coordinator schanno at tcfreenet.org